Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Moderate
ViolenceCommunity Reviews
Summary of 258 reviews
Moods
dark 77%
tense 55%
adventurous 44%
funny 22%
lighthearted 11%
Pace
medium 33%
slow 11%
Plot- or character-driven?
Plot: 62% | A mix: 37%Strong character development?
No: 62% | It's complicated: 25% | Yes: 12%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 42% | No: 42% | Yes: 14%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 71% | It's complicated: 14% | Yes: 14%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 42% | It's complicated: 28% | No: 28%Average rating
248 pages | first published 1939
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ISBN/UID: 9780140109801
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin
Publication date: Not specified
Description
In the first of the four cases in Trouble is My Business, LA PI Philip Marlowe is offered a job that leaves a bad taste in the mouth: smearing a girl who's 'got her hooks into a rich man's pup'. Before too long Marlowe's up to his neck in corpses ...Book Information
248 pages | first published 1939
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ISBN/UID: 9780140109801
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin
Publication date: Not specified
Description
In the first of the four cases in Trouble is My Business, LA PI Philip Marlowe is offered a job that leaves a bad taste in the mouth: smearing a girl who's 'got her hooks into a rich man's pup'. Before too long Marlowe's up to his neck in corpses ...Book information
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Moderate
ViolenceCommunity Reviews
Summary of 258 reviews
Moods
dark 77%
tense 55%
adventurous 44%
funny 22%
lighthearted 11%
Pace
medium 33%
slow 11%
Plot- or character-driven?
Plot: 62% | A mix: 37%Strong character development?
No: 62% | It's complicated: 25% | Yes: 12%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 42% | No: 42% | Yes: 14%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 71% | It's complicated: 14% | Yes: 14%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 42% | It's complicated: 28% | No: 28%Average rating