Title: No Good About Goodbye
Author: C.T. Liotta
Publication Date: November 24, 2021
Author: C.T. Liotta
Publication Date: November 24, 2021
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Finish Date: December 3, 2021
Format: Physical
Rating: 4.5/5
Format: Physical
Rating: 4.5/5
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Favorite Quote/Scene:
The freighter/cargo scene
Review:
I was very excited to be given a copy of this book as part of a tour for it. Thank you so much to Pump Up Your Books and the author for allowing me to take part in this tour. An adventure story with a gay teenage lead, I needed no further details. This is definitely a book that I have to start the review with a warning to check content and trigger warnings. There are some things such as violence, homophobia, transphobia, and underage drinking that take part in this book. Just make sure there's nothing that can leave you feeling bad if you read it.
I loved this book! I will admit that it does require a certain amount of suspension of reality, but in the same way that Spy Kids and other movies like that do. These kids are really skilled at what they do, and they are able to do things that I don't actually know if it's possible to do. But I loved every second.
I loved Ian. The other characters were interesting as well, but Ian (as our main character) was a great character. He had very relatable feelings that explained why he, at times, acted like a douche. His character was an interesting blend of badass and sophisticated. He was clearly going through some stuff and likely needs more than one book to work through everything, but it was also made clear that he cared about what he was doing.
The side characters were interesting! There were the good and bad guys, but they were all people that left an impression on me. It was easy to remember who everyone was and what their motivations were. Each character lent well towards the story and together they made an interesting action story with a weird sense of humor.
The plot of this book was strange and fascinating all at the same time. There were some things that just didn't make logical sense but suspend reality a bit and you've got one heck of an action scene building.
This book is one of those books that I couldn't put down once I started it. I was entranced by the story and these characters. Everything about it just pulled me in and held me hostage. I enjoyed practically every second of it, though I could have done without some of the descriptions.
I'll be honest, I enjoyed this book too much to nitpick parts of it. My biggest issues with this book (and they're both quite small) are that at times it seemed a bit too fantastical and that some of the descriptions just icked me out. That's it. There might be more things wrong with the book, but personally they didn't really bother me, and I couldn't find it in myself to be negative towards this book. The only reason this book isn't a 5 out of 5 is because of those two aforementioned items and that might change if I ever reread it.
This book was a lot of fun. It’s kind of strange, but I loved it. I’d love to see it made into a movie, but I don’t really see that happening. Not for any bad reasons, more the underage drinking and gayness and stuff like that.
The freighter/cargo scene
Review:
I was very excited to be given a copy of this book as part of a tour for it. Thank you so much to Pump Up Your Books and the author for allowing me to take part in this tour. An adventure story with a gay teenage lead, I needed no further details. This is definitely a book that I have to start the review with a warning to check content and trigger warnings. There are some things such as violence, homophobia, transphobia, and underage drinking that take part in this book. Just make sure there's nothing that can leave you feeling bad if you read it.
I loved this book! I will admit that it does require a certain amount of suspension of reality, but in the same way that Spy Kids and other movies like that do. These kids are really skilled at what they do, and they are able to do things that I don't actually know if it's possible to do. But I loved every second.
I loved Ian. The other characters were interesting as well, but Ian (as our main character) was a great character. He had very relatable feelings that explained why he, at times, acted like a douche. His character was an interesting blend of badass and sophisticated. He was clearly going through some stuff and likely needs more than one book to work through everything, but it was also made clear that he cared about what he was doing.
The side characters were interesting! There were the good and bad guys, but they were all people that left an impression on me. It was easy to remember who everyone was and what their motivations were. Each character lent well towards the story and together they made an interesting action story with a weird sense of humor.
The plot of this book was strange and fascinating all at the same time. There were some things that just didn't make logical sense but suspend reality a bit and you've got one heck of an action scene building.
This book is one of those books that I couldn't put down once I started it. I was entranced by the story and these characters. Everything about it just pulled me in and held me hostage. I enjoyed practically every second of it, though I could have done without some of the descriptions.
I'll be honest, I enjoyed this book too much to nitpick parts of it. My biggest issues with this book (and they're both quite small) are that at times it seemed a bit too fantastical and that some of the descriptions just icked me out. That's it. There might be more things wrong with the book, but personally they didn't really bother me, and I couldn't find it in myself to be negative towards this book. The only reason this book isn't a 5 out of 5 is because of those two aforementioned items and that might change if I ever reread it.
This book was a lot of fun. It’s kind of strange, but I loved it. I’d love to see it made into a movie, but I don’t really see that happening. Not for any bad reasons, more the underage drinking and gayness and stuff like that.
Fifteen-year-old Ian Racalmuto’s life is in ruins after an embassy raid in Algiers. His mother, a vodka-drunk spy, is dead. His brother, a diplomat, has vanished. And, he’s lost a cremation urn containing a smartphone that could destroy the world.
Forced to live with his cantankerous grandfather in Philadelphia, Ian has seven days to find his brother and secure the phone—all while adjusting to life in a troubled urban school and dodging assassins sent to kill him.
Ian finds an ally in William Xiang, an undocumented immigrant grappling with poverty, a strict family, and abusive classmates. They make a formidable team, but when Ian’s feelings toward Will grow, bombs, bullets and crazed bounty hunters don’t hold a candle to his fear of his friend finding out. Will it wreck their relationship, roll up their mission, and derail a heist they’ve planned at the State Department?
Like a dime store pulp adventure of the past, No Good About Goodbye is an incautious, funny, coming-of-age tale for mature teens and adult readers. 308p.
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CT Liotta was born and raised in West Virginia before moving to
Ohio for college, where he majored in Biology. He now uses Philadelphia as his
base of operations. You can find him backpacking all over the world.
Liotta takes interest in writing, travel, personal finance, and sociology. He
likes vintage airlines and aircraft, politics, news, foreign affairs, '40s pulp
and film noir. He doesn't fear math or science, and is always up for Indian
food. His favorite candy bar used to be Snickers, but lately it's been 3 Musketeers.
He isn't sure why.
He is author of Relic of the Damned!, Death in the City of Dreams and Treason on the Barbary Coast!
No Good About Goodbye is his latest book.
Visit him on the web at https://www.ctliotta.com.
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