txw9394's review against another edition
This book is so stupid lol. The stories are just poorly written in general, the novelty of it being set in my home city is quickly lost on me
amyl88's review against another edition
4.0
Not sure I'd describe all of these stories as noir. Noir-ish, maybe. Dark, certainly. Depressing, some of them. I did enjoy most of them. "Night Work" by Clay Reynolds would probably be my least favorite (but not a stinker, I just didn't like the way it ended), though maybe one of the most noir flavored. One or two have shades of Stephen King, writing style and/or content-wise - "Full Moon" by Lauren Davis and "Swingers Anonymous" by Jonathan Woods both felt a little King-y to me.
A couple of authors seemed to be just having their characters drive places so they could name streets and intersections to make it feel like it was set in Dallas, but for the most part, descriptions of the parts of DFW that I am familiar with were pretty spot-on.
All in all, a solid collection.
A couple of authors seemed to be just having their characters drive places so they could name streets and intersections to make it feel like it was set in Dallas, but for the most part, descriptions of the parts of DFW that I am familiar with were pretty spot-on.
All in all, a solid collection.
booksuperpower's review against another edition
4.0
Dallas Noir is a Akashic Books publication. This book will go one sale November 5th 2013. I received a beautiful trade ARC paperback of this book from the early reviewer program on Library Thing, in exchange for an honest review.
November is usually a month when Americans tend to think of the city of Dallas, but not in a good way. The notorious day in November 1963 will seemingly always haunted Dallas. But that is not all this city represents by a long shot.
This book is a part of a continuing series, if you will, of short story collections based on specific cities or locations, beginning with Brooklyn Noir is 2004.
There are 17 featured authors that contributed stories for this collection. The book is divided into three parts: Cowboys, Rangers, and Mavericks, which of course represents Dallas' three sports teams: The Dallas Cowboys, The Texas Rangers and The Dallas Mavericks.
These are all sordid, dark little tales. There are crime stories, stories of irony, stories with a little paranormal flair, and stories told with a dash of humor.
This collection of stories highlight the city of Dallas makes a fine edition to this series.
Overall this one gets an A.
November is usually a month when Americans tend to think of the city of Dallas, but not in a good way. The notorious day in November 1963 will seemingly always haunted Dallas. But that is not all this city represents by a long shot.
This book is a part of a continuing series, if you will, of short story collections based on specific cities or locations, beginning with Brooklyn Noir is 2004.
There are 17 featured authors that contributed stories for this collection. The book is divided into three parts: Cowboys, Rangers, and Mavericks, which of course represents Dallas' three sports teams: The Dallas Cowboys, The Texas Rangers and The Dallas Mavericks.
These are all sordid, dark little tales. There are crime stories, stories of irony, stories with a little paranormal flair, and stories told with a dash of humor.
This collection of stories highlight the city of Dallas makes a fine edition to this series.
Overall this one gets an A.
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