A review by chuckstafer
The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The third of the Indian Lake Trilogy, The Angel Of Indian Lake, felt much more like a mix of supernatural and physical horror. The usual gore and violence was there, but there was a good deal of other horror elements as well, like ghost-y people and visions and things like that. This novel was certainly a better final product than the 2nd book in the trilogy (Don’t Fear the Reaper), but it still suffered from the same issue I had with the previous entry in the series: too much fluff and long-winded dialogue and writing. I felt there were several chapters that were twice as long as they needed to be due to way too much background junk that really didn’t do anything to add to the plot or further the story along. I did like the ending and how things wrapped up but were still open ended to a (most likely eventual) return to Proofrock.