Discussion: 2017-09-15 - 2017-09-30: The Thin Man - Dashiell Hammett • Booklikes Bookish Bingo Club • BookLikes

#16 by: Abandoned by Booklikes date: 8 years ago discussions stats

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I may try Chandler then cause this book didn't impress me.

#17 by: Abandoned by Booklikes date: 8 years ago discussions stats

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I think Moonlight nailed it calling her a manic pixie cool girl.

#18 by: Abandoned by Booklikes date: 8 years ago discussions stats

Whose taking bets that the Wynant family came to a bad end?

#19 by: Wyvernfriend Reads date: 8 years ago discussions stats

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I don't think that their long-term survival, post-book is good. They do put the dis into functional family.

#20 by: SusannaG - Confessions of a Crazy Cat Lady date: 8 years ago discussions stats

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My plans from the beginning were The Big Sleep for Classic Noir.

#21 by: Abandoned by Booklikes date: 8 years ago discussions stats

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Is it any good? I do want to try it again, but Hammett may be a no go situation for me.

#22 by: SusannaG - Confessions of a Crazy Cat Lady date: 8 years ago discussions stats

I don't know, as I haven't read Chandler before. Taking my father's recommendation on this one.

#23 by: Abandoned by Booklikes date: 8 years ago discussions stats

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After the mess of The Thin Man I rather read anything else at this point.

#24 by: Abandoned by user date: 8 years ago discussions stats

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 be satisfied with the treatment of women characters. Character development doesn't really seem to be the focus of noir.

#25 by: The better to see you, my dear date: 8 years ago discussions stats

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 like that.

That said, I'm all for another group read. I don't think I've ever read Chandler, though it's a name much bandied about.

#26 by: Abandoned by Booklikes date: 8 years ago discussions stats

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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.

#27 by: Abandoned by user date: 8 years ago discussions stats

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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 development and psychology that they barely resemble one another. Even when the characters are troubled, alcoholism and other dysfunction isn't presented in the same way. It's a much more realistic look at substance abuse, mental illness, etc.

#28 by: Abandoned by Booklikes date: 8 years ago discussions stats

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That's a good point. I kept hoping Nick met a bad end. And took half the characters with him.