No Time for Goodbye
by Linwood Barclay
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Author: Linwood BarclayEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-08-26
ISBN: 0553590421
Number of pages: 480
Publisher: Bantam
Book Reviews of No Time for Goodbye
Book Review: Watch out Coben.
Summary: 4 Stars
No Time for Goodbye starts out in the past were a young teenage girl wakes up one day to find that her entire family has mysteriously vanished, leaving no traces as to were they could have gone. Flashforward 25 years later after the horrific event, Cynthia is now happily married, has a daughter, good job, everything she could ask for. However creepy things start to happen to the family, break-ins, people watching the house at night, cars stalking the daughter, you name it. As the family bebins to investigate these strange outings, they soon start to dig up the past which in the end is too much to bear.
I havent read a good book for a while, so this being my first Barlcay book, I didnt have very high expectations, however it seemed like Harlan Coben - one of my favorite authors - could have wrote it based off the description so I thought Id give it a try. Turns out the book was pretty good. The characters were believeable and likable, the pacing was good, even the prose was spot on to make this a fast enjoyable read. Anytime I finished a chapter, I didnt want to stop because it was gripping and entertaining. However, there were two things that irked me about this book.
1. The main characters wife Cynthia.
This may seem a little contradictory to what I said earlier, but Cynthia was the only unlikable character in this book. She was constantly annoying, acted like an idiot and seemed constantly hyperactive throughout the book. The best part was when she decided to take the daughter away and go hide for the rest of the book untill the end. I understand that shes paranoid about things happening to her daughter because of what happened to her, but being her personal walking assistant to and from school every day? Thats too much, which even the dad(main character) and daughter agree with. She shows how her intelligence is lacking when the family comes across a dead body laying in the middle of the kitchen in a pool of blood with a knife sticking out of its back. Her initial reaction? "She must have had a concussion!" Really? A concussion? I didnt think it was possible for someone to be that stupid, but this scene proved me wrong and I couldnt help but sigh, facepalm, and turn the page.
2. The ending was terrible.
Like I said earlier, the book had a nice pace to it: giving us hints as to what happened years ago and throwing a bit of suspence and action here and there. When you finally come to around the last ten chapters of the book, a whole slew of information and plot twists explode in your face and youll find yourself scratching your head asking "What the hell just happened?" To say that it jumps the shark here would be an understatement. The main plot twist towards the end is so laughable because it throws out any ideas you might of gotten as to who the murderers were or what happened to Cynthias family because its so rediculous that you will never expect it to happen.
In the end, this book was good, but the two problems listed above almost ruined it for me. If you can ignore how annoying Cynthia is, the book is definately worth checking out as it was probably the best book Ive read this summer, if not this year.
Summary of No Time for Goodbye
Fourteen-year-old Cynthia Bigge woke one morning to discover that her entire family?mother, father,brother?had vanished. No note, no trace, no return. Ever. Now, twenty-five years later, she?ll learn the devastating truth.Sometimes it?s better not to know. . . .
Cynthia is happily married with a young daughter, a new family. But the story of her old family isn?t over. A strange car in the neighborhood, untraceable phone calls, ominous ?gifts??someone has returned to her hometown to finish what was started twenty-five years ago. And no one?s innocence is guaranteed, not even her own. By the time Cynthia discovers her killer?s shocking identity, it will again be too late . . . even for goodbye.
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