Title: Most Over rated Author of the Year
Product review: This is a real case of the emperor's new clothes. Caleb Carr got a good reputation for "The Alienist," even though it was tedious and derivative and anachronistic. "Angel" is even worse-- so much so that, only 200 pages into its monumental 700+ page bulk, I got tired of waiting for the plot to start and dropped it. People who like these books probably haven't read this sort of thing done well: Jack Finney's "Time and Again" (NOT the sequel, "From Time to Time") comes to mind, as do several of Peter Lovesy's Sgt. Cribb mysteries. But Carr is a dull and pretentious author, and I say he's naked and to hell with him.
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