Already Dead: A Novel
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781299017344 (1299017347)
Publish date: January 1st 2007
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Edition language: English
Series: Joe Pitt (#1)
I have to first say this up front. I normally don't like noir style of books or movies for that matter. I was attracted to this book because of the vampire subject. I love modern takes on an old standard. 1 hour into reading and I wasn't sure I was going to stick around with it. But it grew on me. T...
Those stories you hear? The ones about things that only come out at night? Things that feed on blood, feed on us? Got news for you: they’re true. Only it’s not like the movies or old man Stoker’s storybook. It’s worse. Especially if you happen to be one of them. Just ask Joe Pitt. There’s a shamble...
Already Dead (Joe Pitt, #1) by Charlie Huston Recommended for: Fans of seriously dark, gritty, violent noir who won't mind the style There's a certain stereotype about the streets of New York City. To non-City-dwellers, the phrase can conjure a claustrophobic skyline blocked with lowering building...
Brainycat's 5 "B"s:blood: 5boobs: 2bombs: 1bondage: 3blasphemy: 2Bechdel Test: FAILDeggan's Rule: FAILGay Bechdel Test: FAILThis book kept showing up in results from the Goodreads autorecommendation tool. I put it on my TBR, and then I found an excerpt at the back of another book I finished. Initial...
While I liked the concept, this book drug for me. Big Pharma is at it again and Joe Pitt isn't going to stand for it. Blood and gore about and a wraith is thrown in for good measure.