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Currently discussing: The Thin Man

Dashiell Hammett

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2017-09-15 to 2017-09-30

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Abandoned by Booklikes
That's a good point. I kept hoping Nick met a bad end. And took half the characters with him.
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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...
Abandoned by Booklikes
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.
The better to see you, my dear
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...
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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...

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16 Tasks of the Festive Season: Festivus: 5 most disappointing books in 2017
Lillelara
The year is almost over, so it is time for my worst reads of 2017. The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett: Just reading this book must have made me drunk, because I don´t rememb...
Halloween Bingo 2017 - Classic Noir
Books, hockey, and a bucketful of snark
"Murder doesn't round out anybody's life except the murdered's and sometimes the murderer's." "That may be," Nora said, "but it's all pretty unsatisfactory." You said it, ...
Collective Reading Updates: The Thin Man
Ani's Book Abyss
The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett **The most recent updates will be added to the top each re-post.** Here is a cautionary **SPOILER WARNING** just in case I have inadverten...
Reading progress update: I've read 223 out of 223 pages.
Lillelara
"Have it your own way," she said, "but I always thought detectives waited until they had every little detail fixed in -" "And then wonder why the suspects had time to get to t...
Reading progress update: I've read 165 out of 223 pages.
Lillelara
"He´s coming up," I told Nora. "He´s had breakfast, but you´d better order some coffee for him. I want chicken livers." Chicken liver for breakfast. Mmh, yummy. If I would b...

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Some Thoughts and a Spreadsheet: The Thin Man
Ani's Book Abyss
The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett Buddy read at Booklikes - tags: n/a Collective Reading Updates for The Thin Man Ex-detective Nick Charles attracts trouble like a magnet. ...
The Thin Man
Lillelara
It isn´t a good sign for a book if the dog, who gets occasionally mentioned, is the best thing about the whole story. I loved Asta. And that´s about the only thing I liked a...
More banter, and I'd have been set
The better to see you, my dear
In a stark time-marches-on fashion, this one is very much a politically incorrect book all around. Since I don't mind that, I was enjoying it, but at some point around a third...
The Thin Man-Buddy Read for Halloween Bingo 2017
Abandoned by Booklikes
Lost my review twice now so I'm ready to spit nails. I was happy to read the comments from those that did this buddy read. Other than that, if this is an example of Classic ...
The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
Tannat
[Aside: Dashiell Hammett's name has too many double letters. I think I got it right, but I had to check.] If that was Classic Noir, I think I'll pass on future offerings. Ad...

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