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Breathe In, Bleed Out
by Brian McAuley
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
*Thank you to NetGalley for this arc*
I didn't like this book very much. It was hard to get into and the pacing felt off. None of the characters are likeable, so it doesn't matter to the reader that they die, there's no real stakes. I knew who the killer would be before they even left for the retreat. I really wish thriller/horror authors would stop thinking that the therapist being the killer is something new and novel. It's so overdone and as soon as the character shows up we already know who it is. There was no creativity or individuality and it was entirely too predictable because this plot has already been written so many times. It felt like the plot was written around the deaths just because the author wanted to see how gruesome he could make them without putting any effort into the rest of the book.
I didn't like this book very much. It was hard to get into and the pacing felt off. None of the characters are likeable, so it doesn't matter to the reader that they die, there's no real stakes. I knew who the killer would be before they even left for the retreat. I really wish thriller/horror authors would stop thinking that