There Are No Goodbyes - Sophia

Advantages: A real page turner and an excellent read
Disadvantages: A bit drawn out in places.

...find that her entire family; mum Patricia, Dad Clayton and older brother Todd, have disappeared without a trace leaving no note or any indication as to where they may have gone or what has happened to them; posing the question ? are they dead or are they alive, were they the victims of a serial killer, or did they just want to punish their daughter for her behaviour. 25 years later and there are still no answers, Cynthia now Cynthia Archer is a grown woman with her own family, a loving husband Terry and a daughter Grace who she seems to smother with her over-protectiveness, but her past still haunts her after all these years. After agreeing to take part in a reality TV show to try and generate some public interest and perhaps some clue as to what happened all those years ago, a series of events start to unfold the mystery surrounding... Read review

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Advantages: Serious, violent, character-based cinematic masterpiece
Disadvantages: The ending is a little disappointing for some

...NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN Intro No Country For Old Men is arguably the finest movie that the illustrious Coen brothers have ever made, and this is no mean feat, their works include major successes such as The Big Lebowski, Fargo, and Brother Where Art Thou, and a whole host of other great films. But the brothers showed their diversity here, changing from their usual comedies to produce a brilliant fast-paced thriller. The film won four Oscars, and achieving this in a year in which similarly excellent films such as There Will Be Blood and Into The Wild is a fantastic achievement. It's a literary adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel of the same name, and definitely does the book justice. Plot When local welder and hunter Llywelyn Moss stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong, he sees an opportunity. Whilst out hunting in... Read review

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Advantages: Enjoyable, fast-paced
Disadvantages: None

...14 year old Cynthia Bigge wakes up the morning after an argument with her parents to find no trace of them, or her older brother. No Time For Goodbye centres around this mystery. Set 25 years after the disappearance of the Bigge family and told through the eyes of Terry, Cynthia's husband, the book starts with Cynthia no closer to solving the mystery of her family's disappearance...But that's all set to change. Despite a slow start, once No Time For Goodbye got going, I could hardly put it down. Barclay has crafted an intriguing mystery with many twists along the way. Right up until the end you're never quite sure just what exactly is going on. Well written action sequences provide excitement, while the central mystery ensures you pay attention throughout the book for any clues about the why the family seems to have vanished... Read review

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