A review by taliatalksbooks
Nobody Move by Denis Johnson

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

2.0

Nobody Move by Denis Johnson was super fast paced, but for me, could have been a little more flushed out. There were so many characters introduced so quickly, that it was hard to keep them straight, at least for me. This definitely falls into the genre of seedy crime fiction, filled with suspicious, ill-meaning characters. I didn’t find any of the characters to be lovable, or frankly even likable, which made this book seem much longer than it was. The majority of the book is dialog, which helps with the flow of their conversations, but lacks tags to know who is speaking in a lot of cases. Given that it was hard to keep the characters straight, this made the flow of the dialog seem disjointed, as it was hard to figure out who was talking at any given time. Clearly these characters have no regard for political correctness, and there were definitely a few case of out of date language and slurs that, though they seemed true to character, didn’t make for a very enjoyable reading experience. Overall, it just fell flat for me and wasn’t the most enjoyable crime novels I’ve read especially recently.
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