hsienhsien27's review
4.0
Debt Crasher, plot wise, reminds me vaguely of a Takeshi Kitano film. It stars a troubled guy, named Cam Reynolds, who gets into a bit of a scramble with a Latino mobster. This causes his life to take a tussle when he accidentally kills the man. So as we all know, being a mobster can have its ups and downs, but 99% of the time it consists of having your life on the edge of a knife, the welder just itching to cut right through you.
"I do what I have to and never an inch more. Been looking out for myself since I was born, pretty much. We're all born victims. It's up to us if we don't want to be one."
It's kind of slow in some part, This novella is one of those quiet types of noirs, where the action slowly creeps in bit by bit and then unleashes it bullets sporadically. But it's a nicely written novella, slow in the right places to portray the boredom and quiet of avoiding danger but secretly craving it with a bit of romance as Reynolds starts to find himself with the women he runs away with. Debt Crasher is enjoyable for the noir junkie, but I will say it won't be much for the noir junkie who likes tons of action? It's quite short, so it's tolerable for me, and sometimes I don't like books with too much fight scenes in it. But I found it pretty good for a person who wants a short fix for the times they want to read book that doesn't require a lengthy relationship with.
"I do what I have to and never an inch more. Been looking out for myself since I was born, pretty much. We're all born victims. It's up to us if we don't want to be one."
It's kind of slow in some part, This novella is one of those quiet types of noirs, where the action slowly creeps in bit by bit and then unleashes it bullets sporadically. But it's a nicely written novella, slow in the right places to portray the boredom and quiet of avoiding danger but secretly craving it with a bit of romance as Reynolds starts to find himself with the women he runs away with. Debt Crasher is enjoyable for the noir junkie, but I will say it won't be much for the noir junkie who likes tons of action? It's quite short, so it's tolerable for me, and sometimes I don't like books with too much fight scenes in it. But I found it pretty good for a person who wants a short fix for the times they want to read book that doesn't require a lengthy relationship with.
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