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clarita's review
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcohol, Homophobia, and Murder
kmccubbin's review against another edition
4.0
I've said it before and I'll say it again, it is time for a massive renaissance of the noir of Fredric Brown. While this book might not be as perfect as The Screaming Mimi, as avant-garde as Here Comes a Candle or as goofy fun as the Uncle Am and Ed stories, it is truly haunting. Weaver's descent into obsession, alcoholism and, well, whatever you think that is at the end, is unnervy, skin crawly, stuff.
Brown has a brilliant way of making guys who know their place in the world start to lose their grip on it. Assaulted by domestic misery, delusional art, alcohol and desperation, Weaver seems thwarted by his own attempts to make a world that's gone so wrong, seem right. And every step for him is like struggling in quicksand.
A calmer book than a lot of Brown's crime stuff and with occasionally a little too worried of corners, this still has a haunt to it and the last three chapters are a gut punch.
Brown has a brilliant way of making guys who know their place in the world start to lose their grip on it. Assaulted by domestic misery, delusional art, alcohol and desperation, Weaver seems thwarted by his own attempts to make a world that's gone so wrong, seem right. And every step for him is like struggling in quicksand.
A calmer book than a lot of Brown's crime stuff and with occasionally a little too worried of corners, this still has a haunt to it and the last three chapters are a gut punch.
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