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  <read_at>Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Getting the inevitable comparison out of the way, this is the second Ross MacDonald novel I've read and he does not come close to the soul Raymond Chandler poured into his novels.  Not coming close to Chandler doesn't mean MacDonald is not any good, however.  From what others write, The Chill is one...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60473802">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is, as of its reading, my favorite Macdonald novel. Better by leaps and bounds than the books that came before it, although I see that <em>The Galton Case</em> could have been the real breakthrough-- <em>The Chill</em> takes Macdonald's previous novel's sophisticated use of plot and character and turns them in o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61499396">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[While &quot;The Chill&quot; eventually comes together in the end, this was one mystery where I had to trust the reputation of the author.  What starts out as a missing woman's case unravels to reveal three murders separated by decades.  There’s no reason why two of the older murders might be conne...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62495209">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hard to pick a favorite Macdonald, but this one is probably the most memorable. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A superbly well-written novel. The story starts off with private detective Lew Archer being engaged by one Alex Kincaid to track down his wife, Dolly, who has disappeared after the first day of their honeymoon. Normally Archer doesn't do simple domestic cases, but this case proves to be far from sim...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20407838">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked up Macdonald's The Chill based on a review in Harper's Magazine by the ever curmudgeonly John Leonard.  He didn't actually review this book.  Good thing, he'd have come a little  late on this book, published in 1964.  Anyway, Leonard mentioned it fleetingly in his review of a new biography ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12824768">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Lew Archer is a classic male detective; arrogant, dark, charming, and alcoholic.  But there is a twist to this dick.    He DOESN'T sleep with the girl!  I was quite surprised, and it made me proud of this author.  Unfortunately for the girl she is murdered that night, so having some law around may h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13896889">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49705634">
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very good 1960s-era noir.  This is the first Macdonald I've read, but he seems to have carried on the Chandler/Hammett legacy very well.  As with most noirs, some of the plot felt a little overly complex, but the ending makes it all worth while.  Really-- one of the few mystery endings that genuinel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49705634">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Been awhile since I've read one of the late Ross MacDonald's &quot;Lew Archer&quot; mysteries...Archer searches for a bride and becomes involved in an old murder mystery and a new one...a basic, throw-back PI read!!! ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good mystery, fun quick read.  Sometimes I couldn't help reading the detective's lines in the voice of Leslie Nielsen so that made it a little hard to take seriously.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A masterpiece, I'd give it 6 stars if I could. A classic American mystery. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The cover of the version of this novel that I borrowed from a friend is simultaneously both more accurate and more enticing. It features a half of a 1960's blonde's face peering at the reader through a strip in the cover. This book is a noir cum mystery and as such is a bit unsatisfying in either ge...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37925385">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not much for the mystery genre, but this one's damn good - I'd give it 5 stars were I judging it solely according to the genre.  I really can't speak to the quality of the mystery itself, other than to say I didn't see the end coming until close to it, but that's no surprise since I don't see th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4800710">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ross MacDonald is a superb writer.  Not only do his plot lines never slack or slow, but his use of the language in his descriptions are genius.  He is considered by many to be the greatest detective writer, and I must say I agree.<br/><br/>He knows where the reader is going long before they do, an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9594037">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read a number of Ross MacDonald mysteries, all worthy. This is a masterpiece of the California detective genre. MacDonald ruined me for pretty much all other mysteries, thought I did read Val MCDermid's &quot;A Place of Execution&quot; many years later on a recommendation. Also fine, and had it mome...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35730458">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ross MacDonald follows Hammett and Chandler as the third master of hardboiled detective novels.  I am currently rewriting my novel-in-progress from this hardboiled perspective, but more in the Murakami existential-detective vain.  So I am on a mystery novel kick.  More MacDonald to come.  Much fun. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4991179">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Of all the amazing Ross Macdonald novels, this might be best. One outlet named it one of the best 10 detective novels of the 20th Century. The ending is unforgettable. I must have read the final chapter a dozen times.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Classic PI fiction. Twisty-turny plot and stylish prose. The hero, Lew Archer, comes from the Sam Spade/Philip Marlowe mould but with less emphasis on his toughness and wisecracks and more on his sensitivity.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[wonderful wonderful mystery novel. better than chandler i think. sorry for the short review but i'd definitely recommend this to anyone and i'm excited to read more of macdonald's works!]]></body>
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