A review by angielisle
Belfast Noir by Brian McGilloway, Ian McDonald, Garbhan Downey, Eoin McNamee, Glenn Patterson, Ludy Caldwell, Stuart Neville, Ruth Dudley Edwards, Claire McGowan, Arlene Hunt, Lee Child, Steve Cavanagh, Adrian McKinty, Alex Barclay, Gerard Brennan, Sam Millar
4.0
I received a free copy of this book from LibraryThing in exchange for a review and, as an American, I'm now interested in reading Akashic Noir's collection of USA Noir because of my familiarity with the locations.
The stories in this anthology have more in common with film noir than the hardboiled detective stories that everyone expects when they see the word noir. Don't get me wrong, there are a couple detective stories here but it's nice to see a wide range of noir work. I didn't know what "dirt" to expect in the next gritty story.
Like most anthologies, there were stories I enjoyed and stories that didn't hook me, but I liked a majority of stories and added a couple new (to me) authors to my to-read list.
The stories in this anthology have more in common with film noir than the hardboiled detective stories that everyone expects when they see the word noir. Don't get me wrong, there are a couple detective stories here but it's nice to see a wide range of noir work. I didn't know what "dirt" to expect in the next gritty story.
Like most anthologies, there were stories I enjoyed and stories that didn't hook me, but I liked a majority of stories and added a couple new (to me) authors to my to-read list.