mikedeab63's review
4.0
I'm sitting here wondering just why I enjoyed The Adjustment so damn much. Nothing much happens in the way of plot and the main protagonist is a self-interested SOB that can't ditch his pregnant wife fast enough. Still, I was rooting for him by the end and laughing at his demented sense of humor and twisted worldview. Scott Phillips is that good and it's his confident and unique voice, that very rare ingredient to transcendent fiction, that makes this very black noir novel sing.
The little details and turns of phrase anchor you in place (1940s Witchita) without overwhelming and all the various side characters (just about every one of them unsavory) are fleshed out with just a quip or a quick, yet spot on description. My only qualm is that Phillips takes so long to write! Still, if that's what it takes to polish these little noir gems, I can be a patient man.
The little details and turns of phrase anchor you in place (1940s Witchita) without overwhelming and all the various side characters (just about every one of them unsavory) are fleshed out with just a quip or a quick, yet spot on description. My only qualm is that Phillips takes so long to write! Still, if that's what it takes to polish these little noir gems, I can be a patient man.
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