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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:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Thank to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for a complimentary early release copy of Breathe In, Bleed Out by Brian McAuley.
Breathe In, Bleed Out was a book that had me hooked from start to finish. From the first chapter I was immediately drawn into Hannah character and the events surrounding the mysterious wilderness trip. I found all of the characters in this story to be the unlikable type but they are all written in a nice weirdly likeable sort of way. I’m feeling a bit iffy about the spiritual retreat side of things but once the strange and mysterious killer is introduced I didn’t mind it as much. There was so much strange stuff going on in Breathe In, Bleed Out that it definitely kept me on edge, I tried to guess what was happening but none of my guesses were correct.
This was a decent slasher novel, the deaths were gory and rather unique. The story sometimes felt a bit slow but there was always something happening to keep me interested whether it was the strangeness of the retreat, drama/tension between characters, the mysterious killer lurking around, the mystery of what happened to Hannah’s fiancé, and of course the death scenes. I didn’t know who to trust during my whole read because all of these characters came off as unreliable. I was quite literally jumping back and forth about who to trust. Overall I’m landing on a 3.5 rating, while I was surprised with the ending of the book I’m having some mixed feelings about it.
Breathe In, Bleed Out was a book that had me hooked from start to finish. From the first chapter I was immediately drawn into Hannah character and the events surrounding the mysterious wilderness trip. I found all of the characters in this story to be the unlikable type but they are all written in a nice weirdly likeable sort of way. I’m feeling a bit iffy about the spiritual retreat side of things but once the strange and mysterious killer is introduced I didn’t mind it as much. There was so much strange stuff going on in Breathe In, Bleed Out that it definitely kept me on edge, I tried to guess what was happening but none of my guesses were correct.
This was a decent slasher novel, the deaths were gory and rather unique. The story sometimes felt a bit slow but there was always something happening to keep me interested whether it was the strangeness of the retreat, drama/tension between characters, the mysterious killer lurking around, the mystery of what happened to Hannah’s fiancé, and of course the death scenes. I didn’t know who to trust during my whole read because all of these characters came off as unreliable. I was quite literally jumping back and forth about who to trust. Overall I’m landing on a 3.5 rating, while I was surprised with the ending of the book I’m having some mixed feelings about it.