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Finally finished The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy. The first book in his LA Quartet (of which LA Confidential is the third novel) it tells a fictionalized version of the real-life murder of Elizabeth Short in 1947 and subsequent investigation of the killing. The cool thing is it introduces all the different sub-plots that you think are inconsequential but by the time you’re finished, they may not have been that inconsequential after all. And if anyone figures out who the killer is before the end of the thing, my hat’s off to them. Every time I thought I had it figured out something new would happen that would prove my theory wrong.
It’s a very dense read but very enjoyable. It’s the first thing of Ellroy’s I’ve read. It’s narrated in first-person and it took me a bit to learn all the characters but it didn’t hurt my enjoyment of it. I’m definitely in for the rest of it. On to the second book in the sequence: The Big Nowhere!
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blueviper wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
blueviper wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:
Finally got Revival from Stephen King
Im ready for the down beat finale everyone told bout.
It's a good book. Just enjoy the journey and not dwell on the destination.
Hmm. I like the ending even more the longer I sit with it.
Hmm maybe I'm thinking of Desperation
I don't even recall how that one ends. I'd be keen to revisit. I remember loving all the Tak/mining victims stuff. Collie Entragian. But no recollection how it all wraps up in the end.
Im ready for the down beat finale everyone told bout.
It's a good book. Just enjoy the journey and not dwell on the destination.
Hmm. I like the ending even more the longer I sit with it.
Hmm maybe I'm thinking of Desperation
I don't even recall how that one ends. I'd be keen to revisit. I remember loving all the Tak/mining victims stuff. Collie Entragian. But no recollection how it all wraps up in the end.
I liked how it started. Was wondering what in the hell is going on with this cop. It was really tense. Then
Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm Posts: 47141 Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
blueviper wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
blueviper wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
blueviper wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:
Finally got Revival from Stephen King
Im ready for the down beat finale everyone told bout.
It's a good book. Just enjoy the journey and not dwell on the destination.
Hmm. I like the ending even more the longer I sit with it.
Hmm maybe I'm thinking of Desperation
I don't even recall how that one ends. I'd be keen to revisit. I remember loving all the Tak/mining victims stuff. Collie Entragian. But no recollection how it all wraps up in the end.
I liked how it started. Was wondering what in the hell is going on with this cop. It was really tense. Then
I remember I was in Miami when it happened. I was posting from the balcony of my apartment overlooking the beach. And I was having an argument with Adamdude.
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