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theatretenor's review against another edition
5.0
Good thriller
This is my second book by Lourey. Unspeakable Things was great so I immediately jumped on Bloodline, and it didn’t disappoint! It was creepy and uncomfortable and totally engaging. It had a little too much of a Stepford Wives vibe to me that the middle part of the book was starting to turn me off, but I’m glad I stuck with it! The last 40% was fantastic! Definitely worth picking up and reading!
This is my second book by Lourey. Unspeakable Things was great so I immediately jumped on Bloodline, and it didn’t disappoint! It was creepy and uncomfortable and totally engaging. It had a little too much of a Stepford Wives vibe to me that the middle part of the book was starting to turn me off, but I’m glad I stuck with it! The last 40% was fantastic! Definitely worth picking up and reading!
tigerlipgloss's review against another edition
3.0
The pacing is a bit off, some moments drag while others rush by.
emilybooks22's review against another edition
4.0
Super unsettling. True crime feels. Creepy tight knit town with vibes that would have driven me out asap. Definitely add this to your TBR.
ashleyjean569's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
pages_everlasting's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
hviareadsbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Overall review:
All of these smalltown psychological thrillers is making me want to never live in a small town. This is another great book about killers, a cult, and gives Rosemary’s baby vibes.
Plot Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Genre: thriller, horror, murder, fiction, psychological thriller
Trigger Warnings: sexual assault, abuse, psychological torture, classism
Overall review:
All of these smalltown psychological thrillers is making me want to never live in a small town. This is another great book about killers, a cult, and gives Rosemary’s baby vibes.
Plot Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Genre: thriller, horror, murder, fiction, psychological thriller
Trigger Warnings: sexual assault, abuse, psychological torture, classism
i_dont_read_blurbs's review against another edition
4.0
Jess Lourey writes where you sort of already know what happened but you’re always waiting for the next to see how you got to that point. I was trying to decipher every thing I read and how it would fit in the story to tell me what was going to happen. This book was no different. I was just waiting to see what happened. A lot of my guesses were wrong and kept me glued to the pages for this eerie read.
msap1180's review against another edition
5.0
Good
It started off slow but it got really good. All the twist and turns and the BAMS. It sure kept me on my toes.
It started off slow but it got really good. All the twist and turns and the BAMS. It sure kept me on my toes.
sillylittlefishey's review against another edition
1.0
Kindle First selection Dec 2020
An interesting premise, but it was a bit too outlandish for my liking.
An interesting premise, but it was a bit too outlandish for my liking.
nicoletetreault's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I'll be honest, I found this book very odd. The ending was shocking to say the least, I never would have seen that coming. It's so out of the box from what you typically get with suspense/thriller type books. But the whole beginning, probably 80% of the book, just didn't really have any lead-up to what what coming. There were a few very small things here and there that connected to the ending, but overall it was just kind of bland. Basically just a couple moves to a town, everyone there is super weird, and the wife, Joan, doesn't fit in. She makes weird food (maybe it's just a Minnesota thing but hamburger & soup covered in potato chips? sounds gross), she's not likeable, nor is anyone else in Lilydale, and she isn't even doing a very good job at the article she's trying to write on the kid that went missing. She was so far off the truth it's not even funny. As much as I disliked a majority of this book, Jess Lourey knows how to shock you with a twist, I will give her that. Never in a million years would I have guessed Polly, the missing kid, was actually Joan, and that everyone else in this weird little town, including her husband and soon to be baby, were created through generations of incest, all sharing the same bloodline (yes that is literally the title but how on Earth would you expect to go from a missing child investigation to incest???) I still have so much faith in this author but this book just wasn't for me.