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The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett
5 reviews
disguisedposer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
lautodd_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
A story about a famous true crime novelist— persistent and doggedly and dangerously determined— writing an exposé novel about The Alperton Angels case: an 18-year old satanic cult case involving several murders-by-suicide-pact and a surviving teenage couple and their 2-month-old baby.
I’m not usually a true crime or mystery/thriller fan, but the story towed the tense line of eerie and practical very well.
In hindsight, it wasn’t a book that moved me so deeply as it was engaging and pleasing. Writing the novel with mixed media— WhatsApp messages, transcribed audio recordings, emails, hand-written letters, excerpts from the book-in-progress—was such a clever, befitting choice for this story and is probably would provoked me to read through the night. There’s something enticing, felt-morally wrong, and revelatory about reading messages and writings and recordings— the ins and outs— of a circumstance or a life. Perhaps satisfying our desires to be caught up in other lives and stories, not necessarily because we are disappointed with our own, but because there are other billions of stories and worlds out there outside of our own, and bearing witness to that— whether a lovely or gruesome one— is beyond fathomable; particularly proving that there’s so much of the finite that is infinite and outside of our control or imagination.
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
Moderate: Gore, Blood, and Kidnapping
Minor: Mass/school shootings and Injury/Injury detail
embey's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment
taylormoore's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Mass/school shootings and Abandonment
alisonannk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail