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  <title><![CDATA[Hell's Half Acre]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Will Christopher Baer]]></name>
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  <date_added>Thu Jun 25 19:29:26 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Given how much I loved the first two books of this trilogy, I stayed away from this book for a very long time because, well, how could I be anything but disappointed?<br/><br/>But I should not have stayed away, because, while I will admit that it's not as good as the first two (there are stray sen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61133802">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="3763460">
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jul 29 18:23:26 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Nov 27 10:05:56 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my second attempt to finish this book.<br/><br/>Despite - or maybe because of its manic energy, this books reads at a fast clip. Not even a day and I'm already past the halfway mark, doggedly following the distracted (imagined?) misadventures of <strong>Kiss Me, Judas</strong>'s ex-cop antihero protagonist...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3763460">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Carol]]></name>
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  <date_added>Fri Aug 22 07:51:31 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 22 08:12:47 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[So far, this is disappointing. Hell's Half Acre is the third in a series of trippy thrillers by a guy a went to high school with.  The tales are of Phineas Poe, a junkie ex-cop.  The first in the series is Kiss Me, Judas, which I can recommend for a good ride, crisp and surprising.  In the first boo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30891053">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="7380799">
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  <read_at>Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Oct 07 09:24:29 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 13 14:45:49 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was had the potential to be a fantastic conclusion to the series, which is quite a feat considering a certain lacking in Penny Dreadful to make up for. Very dark, surprisingly funny, and somehow redemptive, Hell's Half Acre is brought to a screeching halt but what I can only describe as an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7380799">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="71522061">
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  <read_at>Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Sep 17 03:51:52 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 19 05:52:16 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Third and final in the Phineas Poe trilogy, and just as dark and disturbing as the first two (Kiss Me, Judas and Penny Dreadful). They're not for everybody, but they do hold your interest throughout.<br/>]]></body>
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    <review id="67125987">
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The third and final installment of the Phineas Poe trilogy. HHA gives us another opportunity to hug Phineas and it brings the return of Jude. I can't recommend this trilogy enough. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67125987]]></url>
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    <review id="41646291">
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jan 02 15:33:03 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[A entirely &quot;meh&quot; finale to the brilliant Phineas Poe series. Could've gone so much better. But, that's what you get. ]]></body>
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    <review id="14301395">
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    <name><![CDATA[Brian]]></name>
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  <date_added>Fri Feb 01 14:08:29 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Feb 01 14:09:46 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i try not to review the same author more than once on here, but i will break these rules for my favorites.  of which baer is most certainly one.  the rad conclusion to the phineas poe trilogy, it's every bit as dark and weird as the others, but with more tom waits references.  and that's always good...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14301395">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50187306">
    <user id="2140999">
    <name><![CDATA[michele]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed the way WCB continued Poe's story bringing you back to the secondary characters of Kiss Me Judas.  It was a great escape from my personal reality and his writing style was adjusted from the first book to the second to clarify the sudden scene changes and internal character shifts.]]></body>
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    <review id="1744698">
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    <name><![CDATA[Robb]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Nov 19 16:08:02 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Bring back Jude, throw in some Apotemnophilia, and you've got something I find staggeringly better than either of the previous two. The end was great, the middle was great, and the beginning was great. Awesome book, and awesome series. ]]></body>
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    <review id="34198458">
    <user id="1578683">
    <name><![CDATA[Scott]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Memphis, TN]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun May 31 19:26:13 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun May 31 19:26:13 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Best book I've read in years.  He goes way out there.  Makes you wish a world like this really existed. <br/><br/>But you should read Kiss Me Judas first, but its not as good.  You just need it for the context.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="6398394">
    <user id="225718">
    <name><![CDATA[Matthew]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Astoria, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Sep 18 14:13:10 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 02 15:23:07 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this.  It's weird and a little graphically violent, but he writes like a poet.  My favorite of the Phineas Poe books.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="6307931">
    <user id="298895">
    <name><![CDATA[Marie]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[neo noir fans, fans of violence and drug addled heroes]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Sep 16 21:27:34 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Makes it glaringly clear that the second book suffered from lack of Jude! Loved the way the series ended.]]></body>
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    <review id="29235271">
    <user id="1395720">
    <name><![CDATA[Justin]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good book.  Penny Dreadful is still my favorite from the trilogy though.]]></body>
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    <review id="8202865">
    <user id="576399">
    <name><![CDATA[Amanda]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[i didn't want this series to end.]]></body>
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    <review id="63639254">
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    <body><![CDATA[It definitely kepy my attention throughout the whole book. It was very well written and full of twists and turns. Murder, sex, drugs, kidnapping, blackmail, and amputees, all of the ingredients to a good book.]]></body>
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