Reviews

A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir by S.J. Rozan, Sandra Scoppettone, Annette Myers, Sarah Weinman, Lisa Respers France, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Zoë Sharp, Cornelia Read, Vin Packer, Alison Gaylin, Daniel Woodrell, Megan Abbott, Eddie Muller, Charlotte Carter, Rebecca Pawel, Allan Guthrie, Donna Moore, Naomi Hirahara, Vicki Hendricks, Charlie Huston, Ken Bruen, Christa Faust, Stona Fitch, Lynne Barrett, Sara Gran

sandin954's review

3.0

For the most part, a good collection of dark crime stories featuring female protagonists.

askh's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense

4.25

catladyreba's review

4.0

I am almost done with this book, and I have to say I'm loving the unapologetic, hard-nosed Noir of it all. It's kind of refreshing to read a story where the main character isn't trying to convince you to love her. These ladies are antiheroes to the core and there are no apologies or excuses. I liked reading one/two of these a day, it made a bigger impact than if I had just read them all straight through. Reading this collection has definitely made me want to watch/read more Noir.

mara_miriam's review

3.0

It is a quality collection, although none of the stories really got to me or made me want to search out the authors elsewhere. What I appreciate the most about the text is the Appendix of female noir characters in novel, film, and television, and women authors who wrote noir. I'm glad I read it and I look forwarding to reading more noir classics.