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lonelyday's review against another edition
5.0
Algún día seré capaz de escribir notas en mis propios libros sin tener la sensación de que los estoy estropeando, pero hasta entonces los post-its me hacen el apaño:
Este es el resultado de leer un libro escrito por el guionista de una de mis series preferidas y creador de mi personaje de ficción predilecto, de tener un bolígrafo a mano y de la necesidad de escribir lo que se me pasaba por la cabeza al leer ciertos pasajes, aunque a veces no tenga sentido.
Este es el resultado de leer un libro escrito por el guionista de una de mis series preferidas y creador de mi personaje de ficción predilecto, de tener un bolígrafo a mano y de la necesidad de escribir lo que se me pasaba por la cabeza al leer ciertos pasajes, aunque a veces no tenga sentido.
springski's review
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
kieranhealy's review
3.0
OK novel, but the prose is simple and the trajectory rather predictable. A good quick read but nothing spectacular.
towercity's review
[heavy manly groan] new orleans' garbage smell [spits on the concrete] damn apartment buildings
raven_morgan's review
5.0
eARC provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
First thing that needs to be said: I nearly gave up on this. At around 10% in (according to my Kindle), I was not engaged, and quite frankly, I kind of hated Roy Cady.
I decided that I'd give it until I was 20% through, and then abandon if I wasn't engaged.
Yeah, I pretty much read the remaining 90% in a day and a half.
I still don't really like Roy Cady - he has some real issues with women and a damn bleak view of the world. I don't think you need to like Dacy one bit to be able to sit back and realise what a glorious book this is.
Because holy hell, the language in this. I started highlighting passages that struck me, and kind of gave up after a while, because I'd end up highlighting every second sentence. This is the kind of book that makes me weep with jealousy, because I will never have the ability to convey so much voice, and give so much characterisation through that voice.
Bleak, and bone-grindingly depressing at times, but so, so worth the read.
First thing that needs to be said: I nearly gave up on this. At around 10% in (according to my Kindle), I was not engaged, and quite frankly, I kind of hated Roy Cady.
I decided that I'd give it until I was 20% through, and then abandon if I wasn't engaged.
Yeah, I pretty much read the remaining 90% in a day and a half.
I still don't really like Roy Cady - he has some real issues with women and a damn bleak view of the world. I don't think you need to like Dacy one bit to be able to sit back and realise what a glorious book this is.
Because holy hell, the language in this. I started highlighting passages that struck me, and kind of gave up after a while, because I'd end up highlighting every second sentence. This is the kind of book that makes me weep with jealousy, because I will never have the ability to convey so much voice, and give so much characterisation through that voice.
Bleak, and bone-grindingly depressing at times, but so, so worth the read.
lindzlovesreading's review against another edition
3.0
I read this for the same reason everyone else did. True Detective. And this story of redemption in a noir bayou setting with a strong pot of coffee was a pleasant was to a drizzly Sunday afternoon. Punchy, and well written, though surprisingly delicate at times (which is to be honest is why I like 'True Detective', their was the same delicacy entwined in the darkness). Within a couple of chapters I was looking up images of the gulf coast and Galveston. The run down beach side has a certain appeal,well except with the harsh banal violence that seemed weaved into it's spine, it seemed like the perfect vacation spot.
njgriffin's review against another edition
3.0
I'm not saying this is a bad book just unremarkable. Don't see how they let him make True Detective on the back of it.
rociodmv's review against another edition
adventurous
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
owleyedjoe's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5