Missed Sky Blues.
Hey, y'all are hailing her feminine point of view!
The first three of the four do, indeed, present three views
of a character in psychological agony. They happen to be
women. Miss Hendricks makes sure that the reader is not
confused by the main characters gender and, I suggest, her
focus and development is never on the men with whom her
character interacts. So, is she a woman's or a man's
voice?
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> Keith wrote:
>
> "Y'know, I've read -- well skimmed the last one --
all three of Ms.
> Hendricks' books and I just don't get it! Don't see
her as the new
> woman's voice of noir. Now, that said, second book
was well-plotted
> and
> there was angst, to be sure. Clue me in.
Really."
>
> Actually, there are at least 4: Miami Purity, Iguana
Love, Voluntary
> Madness and Sky Blues.
>
> As for their appeal, I enjoy them as straight noir,
stories of people
> making bad choices, giving into temptation, and the
consequences of
> those choices. Sure, she writes about women, but
they're individuals.
> Why do she and/or her characters have to represent a
whole gender? Do
> we name any man as "the man's voice of
noir"?
>
> Mark
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