logo
Wrong email address or username
Wrong email address or username
Incorrect verification code

Charlie Huston - Community Reviews back

sort by language
bookaneer
bookaneer rated it 11 years ago
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 Occaisonal Reviews
Brainycat's Occaisonal Reviews rated it 12 years ago
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...
Another fine mess
Another fine mess rated it 12 years ago
I'd lean higher, maybe--this was phenomenal. The novel zips; the prose is knotty, carefully-crafted, witty. E.g., describing a late-night excursion to a sandwich shop in Germany, an employee playing music from an old touch-wheel iPod: A staccato riff from the speakers, no midrange, bass qualities ...
Marvin's Bookish Blog
Marvin's Bookish Blog rated it 12 years ago
Charlie Huston has flexed his Crime Noir muscles and punches them into this gritty dystopic tale of a world with an epidemic of sleeplessness. Before you assume that sounds a bit lame, be aware that there is a real disease called Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) that is always fatal and very painful. F...
book reviews forevermore
book reviews forevermore rated it 12 years ago
An explosive read that demands a soundtrack. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrwjiO1MCVsHere we go!Henry--Hank, to his friends--is just chilling in New York City, working his bartender gig, working his way up at the bar, and slowly pickling his liver. Hank is a genuinely nice guy: he gets along with ...
sandin954
sandin954 rated it 12 years ago
While dark and grimly violent I did think this was a fitting conclusion to the Hank Thompson trilogy. Was put off a bit though by the no quotation marks style (I had listened to the previous two installments on audio) but did get used to it in the end.
wbebout
wbebout rated it 12 years ago
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.
MAS
MAS rated it 13 years ago
Gripping prose, believable characters you can own, a gritty tale well worth the read.
book reviews forevermore
book reviews forevermore rated it 13 years ago
I'm re-reading this book, and have decided this series--and particularly this book--has a carol-simile.Once, in the early witching hours of the morning when absolutely nothing good happens, I got called out of bed to respond to a roll-over car accident out by Highway N. My partner and I jumped in th...
book reviews forevermore
book reviews forevermore rated it 13 years ago
Every starts with Joe's exile in the Bronx, and him dropping in on a post-baseball game exodus, parsing the crowd for Vampyres. He scents one and follows the trail, tracing it to a pack who has just attacked a woman. It's one of the neatest, heart-breaking series expositions I've read; it orients th...
Need help?