Spencer's review
Crooked Little Vein
by Warren Ellis
Spencer's review
Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis
Spencer's review
rating:
recommended for: anyone not young and impressionable
It's really funny, but I'm not sure I *like* it yet. And I find his frequent chapter breaks really annoying. Like if you want to pause, put some space in, but don't start a new chapter if you're not going to switch gears at all. I get disoriented when I start the next chapter and it follows to closely what came before, although I'm often glad the scene isn't over.
Having finished it... it was cute. I'd give it three and a half stars if it would let me. It made me laugh out loud often, squicked me at regular intervals and offered some of the most hilarious euphemisms for sexual behaviors and body parts I'd ever heard.
This book was saved from being just kind of sardonic and gross by near cliche of the down-on-his-luck private investigator with the heart of gold who manages somehow to be one step ahead of everyone else when it matters. Not that he doesn't end up meeting unsavory characters in some rather unfortunate situations. What prevents this from being a cliche is the freaky...more
Having finished it... it was cute. I'd give it three and a half stars if it would let me. It made me laugh out loud often, squicked me at regular intervals and offered some of the most hilarious euphemisms for sexual behaviors and body parts I'd ever heard.
This book was saved from being just kind of sardonic and gross by near cliche of the down-on-his-luck private investigator with the heart of gold who manages somehow to be one step ahead of everyone else when it matters. Not that he doesn't end up meeting unsavory characters in some rather unfortunate situations. What prevents this from being a cliche is the freaky...more
