Reviews

Bloodthirst by Marc Alexander, Mark Ronson

sgood91's review

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

martinroberts's review

4.0

I didn't expect too much from this novel, but have to admit that I enjoyed it far more than I expected.

Whilst 3.5 is a more accurate numeral rating, the book kept me turning the pages and, suddenly I'd finished it in one sitting. So I've bumped it up to 4 stars.

I get why people have problems with this book, and I don't claim it's a lost classic. I probably enjoyed it due to it being a pulpy mix of a Rabid era David Cronenberg flick with a dash of a Alistair Maclean spy thriller.

majesdane's review

2.0

I didn't really ... get the point of this story. So you've got two couples who hang out together in France. One of them is a doctor who is investigating a new mental disorder that makes people want to drink blood. Another one of them is

a woman who, shockingly, is also developing an obsession with drinking people's blood!

Somehow this is all vaguely related to Elizabeth Bathory because her son was a vampire ... or something. It's never really explained. Why does this book even spend so much time focusing on Elizabeth when she's not even relevant to the plot?

And then it just pretty much ends.

But oh, wait,

now the doctor's girlfriend has that weird blood obsession!

Anyway. I bought this for $0.99 at a used book store and it took me about 2 hours to read. So I guess it could have been worse ...