Reviews

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

ceare's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

breadandmushrooms's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

americaspoolboy's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

rj_owen's review against another edition

3.0

This was a good mystery novel. It is set in the 1930s and there is A LOT of jargon that must have been common to the period, but it was way too much for me. As far as the story goes, it is about a private detective Philip Marlowe who gets asked by a dyiing billionare to help him with a blackmailer of one of his two crazy daughters. Marlowe slowly gets caught up in more than he bargained for when bodies start dropping around him. The twist at the end was good and unforseen, but for the most part, there seemed to be too many characters to keep strait especially when they were all talking weird lingo that I didn't understand.

pennybeth's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

bwood95's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

karlosius's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

fricka's review against another edition

3.0

audio book

nilescrane's review against another edition

I tried to listen to this to fulfil a reading challenge prompt for like 'crime/noir', and it's just not the genre for me babes 

daley0999's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5