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A review by octavia_cade
Sin City by Max Allan Collins
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
3.0
I was reminded, when reading, that CSI has a tendency to lean hard on the killer kid trope, and so I was amused to see it turn up here as well!
Unlike the first book, this had two cases that didn't tie together in the end. I quite like the double case approach, and if the first book played around with the idea of mob killers, then this one is strippers and family problems - the latter occurring when one suburban mum gets a little too into religion and comes into conflict with her husband and daughter. And I think, when you live in a place like Las Vegas - not that I've ever been, so perhaps it's more accurate to say that when you live in a place that has the reputation of Las Vegas - you're largely living in a place of extremes. If there's anything tying the two plots in this book together, it's that. On the one hand, the stripper storyline, where strip clubs have become such a normalised part of life that they've almost gone mainstream, and on the other a potential response to that: a retreat into religion when living in a city where sex and gambling and other "sinful" activities are so advertised and in-your-face.
I think the most sympathetic I felt to anyone, though, was the detective who moved to Vegas and who was quietly bitching to herself about the endless sunshine. I think that might get to me too, after a while.
Unlike the first book, this had two cases that didn't tie together in the end. I quite like the double case approach, and if the first book played around with the idea of mob killers, then this one is strippers and family problems - the latter occurring when one suburban mum gets a little too into religion and comes into conflict with her husband and daughter. And I think, when you live in a place like Las Vegas - not that I've ever been, so perhaps it's more accurate to say that when you live in a place that has the reputation of Las Vegas - you're largely living in a place of extremes. If there's anything tying the two plots in this book together, it's that. On the one hand, the stripper storyline, where strip clubs have become such a normalised part of life that they've almost gone mainstream, and on the other a potential response to that: a retreat into religion when living in a city where sex and gambling and other "sinful" activities are so advertised and in-your-face.
I think the most sympathetic I felt to anyone, though, was the detective who moved to Vegas and who was quietly bitching to herself about the endless sunshine. I think that might get to me too, after a while.