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A review by ithilwen22
Bloodless by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
4.0
This is one of the better Pendergast books to come out in recent years, almost taking me back to my first experience reading Relic which gave me nightmares. I enjoyed the banter between Pendergast and Coldmoon, as well as the continuation of Constance's character arc (although the "will they won't they" plotline is getting stale, and I don't think it's over yet).
I won't get too spoilery, but while in the past the Gents have been rather ambiguous about the more speculative fiction elements, they lean hard into them this time. I was utterly surprised by where they took it, although it works well with elements from past books (the memory walks, as well as the "seeing someone's actions a few seconds ahead" thing that happened in Two Graves). I liked that although I was able to guess the more mundane mystery, the ending was completely unexpected. Some people may not like the introduction of something closer to weird fiction but I'm excited to see where this goes.
I won't get too spoilery, but while in the past the Gents have been rather ambiguous about the more speculative fiction elements, they lean hard into them this time. I was utterly surprised by where they took it, although it works well with elements from past books (the memory walks, as well as the "seeing someone's actions a few seconds ahead" thing that happened in Two Graves). I liked that although I was able to guess the more mundane mystery, the ending was completely unexpected. Some people may not like the introduction of something closer to weird fiction but I'm excited to see where this goes.