2017-09-22 00:06
That's a good point. I kept hoping Nick met a bad end. And took half the characters with him.
2017-09-22 00:02
I do love some modern noir (Nordic noir, tartan noir, granite noir, etc). But it's so different from the classic noir because the modern writers focus so much on character dev...
2017-09-21 23:58
Ehh, maybe I should skip noir. I read some modern noir (the Harry Bosch series) but I don't remember wondering if everyone was an alcoholic.
2017-09-21 23:50
I'm with you Moonlight, which is why I mostly stay away from the genre save for a dip here and there for those hailed as classics. Keeping the horizons broadened, or something...
2017-09-18 19:50
I would be willing to give Hammett another chance, but I really do think that some of things that I disliked about the book are endemic to noir - I'm not sure that I will ever...