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A review by thereadingraccoon
The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
The Angel of Indian Lake is the third book in the Indian Lake trilogy it has elements of supernatural and slasher horror.
Jade Daniels is twenty-four, out of prison and back in Proofrock as the high school history teacher. She’s hoping for a quiet life with her found family (Letha the “final girl” in the last two books, her sheriff husband their little girl) but as always Proofrock isn’t done with it’s residents and on Halloween it explodes into a night of violence. The book opens with a discovery of the bodies missing from 2019 and doesn’t let up until the very end. As before, we have multiple suspects (both supernatural and human), lots of gore and Jade’s endless horror movie references. It’s hard for my brain to track everything that’s going on but it’s a smart, funny read that’s never boring.
If you don’t flinch in the face of gore and want a complex trilogy with complicated young woman, commentary on colonialism and Native American history and lots of references to the horror movie genre check out the Indian Lake trilogy.