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A Common Loss

A Common Loss

Paperback Published on: 02/08/2012
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Synopsis

They were five college friends, bonded for life. Now only four remain: Each sharing a common loss. That threatens to destroy them all.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Quercus Publishing
  • ISBN: 9780857382764
  • Number of pages: 336
  • Dimensions: 198 x 126 mm
  • Languages: English

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A Common Loss
A Common Loss
This is a story of friendship and loss, secrets, intrigue and blackmail. This book is about five college friends, Dylan the one who holds the group togethe... READ MORE
A Upton
A Common Loss
Great wording
This book has the promise of being really good but lacks the content, it took a few pages of me not knowing if it was a female or male narrating. the wordi... READ MORE
lisaell
A Common Loss
French Film Noir
Have you ever sat up for hours into the wee small hours watching a French film, wondering when all the facts would be revealed and they never are. Well I f... READ MORE
Geryon
A Common Loss
Slow Start
After a slow start, wondering where the book was going eventually I was hooked. A story about a group of friends and the impact the death of one them has o... READ MORE
Deborah Neale
A Common Loss
Not great
A little while into this book I felt like it was not really going anywhere but wanted to pursue as it had to get going soon. A chapter from the end realise... READ MORE
Maria Sunderland
A Common Loss
A loss of my time...
Well, when it took me 15 pages to realise the main character was a bloke not a woman the warning signs began to flash. This book was dire, it was long wind... READ MORE
GeorgeBee
A Common Loss
A Common Loss
The book centres around four old university friends meeting in Las Vegas as they do every year following the death of the fifth member of their group. Rath... READ MORE
KarenR
A Common Loss
a common loss
This has an interesting synopsis but sadly the book just didn't work for me. I found the beginning to be slow and drawn out. It started to pick up around a... READ MORE
Ali Gibson
A Common Loss
Not the best but not the worst either
This book is more of a character analysis than a story so if you want the standard 'start/middle/end' type thing I'm not sure it will be for you. It is qui... READ MORE
Sarahsmew
A Common Loss
Too slow paced for my liking and rather dull
The title of this novel suggested that it might be about the feelings of bereavement suffered by a group of close friends. However I found that it could al... READ MORE
Evelyn Hong
A Common Loss
A brilliantly written gripper
'A Common Loss' kept me gripped not because it's a thrilling tales full of twists and turns, but purely because of the way it's written. The story follows ... READ MORE
Sam Woodfield
A Common Loss
Their loss is our gain
Edgar Watson Howe once said “the man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man who has no secrets at all”. This is a lesson... READ MORE
Laura Horne
A Common Loss
Underwhelming
After the death of the fifth member of their group, four university friends struggle to arrange their annual trip to Las Vegas. The relationship between th... READ MORE
TessJ
A Common Loss
Boring
A painfully slow beginning. However, the expectation that it would grow to something big kept me reading, only to let me down in the end. Nothing terribly ... READ MORE
lemonstar
A Common Loss
Slow going
Initially, I thought I was going to enjoy this book as the synopsis seemed interesting and the very beginning had me intrigued and wanting to find out what... READ MORE
Simone Frost