A review by julieb
Follow Her Home by Steph Cha
4.0
"A man in a smart blue suit and polished brown oxfords leaned on the corner of the 850’s closed trunk, his feet crossed jauntily at the ankles, relaxed as a lizard on a rock."
Steph Cha's use of language is magnificent.
And it's like she swallowed Marlowe and spit him out modern LA badass.
"My dreams were miasmic tarantulous things full of sticky voices and glinting teeth, but they dissolved in the morning sun without aftertaste."
It was, for me, a tough read, dense and slow going. I'm glad I loved her latest so much. I read The Big Sleep this year (maybe last) and I like the modern Chandler much better! I will, however, read everything she writes.
Steph Cha's use of language is magnificent.
And it's like she swallowed Marlowe and spit him out modern LA badass.
"My dreams were miasmic tarantulous things full of sticky voices and glinting teeth, but they dissolved in the morning sun without aftertaste."
It was, for me, a tough read, dense and slow going. I'm glad I loved her latest so much. I read The Big Sleep this year (maybe last) and I like the modern Chandler much better! I will, however, read everything she writes.