Title: A disappointment after the achievement of The Alienist.
Product review: After Carr's first novel, I hoped for great things from him. However, The Angel of Darkness was a real disappointment. There was not the same evocation of place (turn-of-the-century New York) that helped to make The Alienist so fascinating. Details from the time merely seemd to be leftover facts from the first novel. The narrator was unconvincing and inconsistant--Stevie moved from poor grammar to sophisticated language and I found that extremely grating. The plot was slow moving and the characters were basically the same ones we met in his first novel. I hope Carr is done with this group of characters and moves on to new ground for his next novel; he can do better than this.
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