Tribe wrote:
I was disappointed by this. The main character comes off as
mean-spirited, as opposed to clever or smart-alecky. Dumb-ass
plot. It's sort of like a Roadrunner cartoon, only not as
clever, and annoying as all hell.
Neil wrote:
I liked it quite a bit. It's got attitude, sarcasm, is a bit
silly, but I think that's a good thing. Several hard-boiled
women are doing work in the same arena, too: Jenny Siler,
Laurie Henderson, Jen, Vicki Hendricks. Great writers.
I lean slightly towards Tribe. I actually enjoyed the
smart-ass attitude, but the plot was very, very thin. Of the
two authors I've read on Neil's list, I'd place her much
closer to Henderson's fun, but slight Black Rubber Dress
(Thin Man-ish in attitude and drinking with the rich
atmosphere, though nowhere near as good as Hammett) than
Hendrick's Miami Purity (kind of a female version of Goodis
or Cain), which I think is one of the top noirs of the last
decade.
Mark
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