Bust (Hard Case Crime #20)
by Ken Bruen, Jason Starr
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Read in January, 2008
recommends it for:
someone who likes to see karma in action
This book was a bit like a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed chair. I can admire the artistry involved but it's not very comfortable to sit on. Similarly, this book was well-put together and noir-ishly funny but not much fun to read. That is, I hated pretty much every character and wanted them all to bite it by about page 154 (out of 254). Though I appreciated how the authors captured each character's self delusions perfectly, I have decided I need a little Sam Spade in my "there's a million...more
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Read in December, 2007
Now this was a nice change. I was just starting to get burnt on the clever protagonist says witty things to get out of a jam and gets away with the dame and the loot type stories. No shiny side to this one. Almost need to take a shower after reading it. Not a single character is entirely sympathetic, you just pick your favorite scumbag and hope they come out on top of the scumbag dog pile. I wasn't rooting for any particular low-life and I was pleasantly surprised by the result. Only one flaw-- ...more
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Read in March, 2008
I started and finished this in one evening; it's that kind of book.
Bust focuses on three point-of-view characters: a penny-pinching sexist business exec (who can't wait to kill his wife); a busty Irish-Greek blonde (who wants the exec's money); and a former con photog/killer (now in a wheelchair). Throw in the blonde's IRA/hitman-wannabe boyfriend and several bottles of Drano, and you can see where this is heading.
Your mileage is going to depend on two factors. Do you like or hate the...more
Bust focuses on three point-of-view characters: a penny-pinching sexist business exec (who can't wait to kill his wife); a busty Irish-Greek blonde (who wants the exec's money); and a former con photog/killer (now in a wheelchair). Throw in the blonde's IRA/hitman-wannabe boyfriend and several bottles of Drano, and you can see where this is heading.
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Read in November, 2007
I picked up Bust while cataloging the sequel to it, Slide - thought a noir, pulp fiction-y novel might be a fun quick read. Plowed through it in less than a day, and yeah, it was a pretty okay diversion. Violent, weirdly funny, dark underbelly of New York City. Not much more to say about this one...
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Read in January, 2008
Highly entertaining new noir from Hard Case Crime. Like a vintage noir, but with serious curse words. Brisk and bleak with black humor. By a substantial margin, the best Hard Case original (i.e, not a reprint) thus far.
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Jennifer's review is right on. I don't have much more to add except that Starr and Bruen did a great job with the first half but kind of blew the ending by getting too showy.
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Read in March, 2007
recommends it for:
crime fans
Starr and Bruen are great individually, so I expected a little more from this. It was entertaining, and I'll be reading the sequel, but it was a little insubstantial.
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Read in October, 2007
I wasn't sure who to root for in this book ... or even if you're meant to root for anyone.
Great dialogue and twisted characters. Very fun.
Great dialogue and twisted characters. Very fun.
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