Reviews tagging 'Blood'

No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay

3 reviews

magic_multicolored_miracle's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

A wild ride.
Full of tension and unexpected twists, I tried and failed a number of times to predict where it was all going, but at the end looking back all the little things make perfect sense. 
Weirdly for being a mystery/thriller, as someone who grew up in the part of Connecticut the book is set, around the same time, it also feels like something of a love letter to it all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Death of parent, Gun violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Violence, and Infidelity

Moderate: Kidnapping, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Car accident

ernie_8's review

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Child death, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Blood

jmi's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

It was a bit slow paced at the start for may liking. More questions that answers for up to 87% of the book but I guess that's how these types of book usually goes. Kind of figured out what happened around 90%. But I liked the climax and that there was another twist at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Blood