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odurant8's review
Hammett wrote some of the most interesting description I've ever read, and it was concise. Not like some of today's writers that need pages to describe a particular setting. Fascinating mystery that kept me riveted until the last page!
odurant8's review against another edition
Hammett wrote some of the most interesting description I've ever read, and it was concise. Not like some of today's writers that need pages to describe a particular setting. Fascinating mystery that kept me riveted until the last page!
fictiojuris's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
8797999's review against another edition
4.0
It is easy to see why this book is held in high regard and as a pioneer and measurement of hard boiled noir.
I had been meaning to read this for years and somehow never got around to it. Having finally read it, it was nothing short of superb. As I write this now it is 2.44am and I just finished it.
Prior to reading it I had no idea what the book was about. Having not seen any adaptations and resisted looking at spoilers. It was different to what I expected, my only other experience of Maltese Falcon was from an old game called Mafia II where a bar is named it. The story was very interesting and especially the history of the Maltese Falcon (not sure if fiction or real - not checked). Being noir there is no true good guy but Sam Spade is a good guy in this (despite his many flaws).
I would love to read more by Dashiel Hammett as well as noir of his era. I thoroughly enjoyed this.
I had been meaning to read this for years and somehow never got around to it. Having finally read it, it was nothing short of superb. As I write this now it is 2.44am and I just finished it.
Prior to reading it I had no idea what the book was about. Having not seen any adaptations and resisted looking at spoilers. It was different to what I expected, my only other experience of Maltese Falcon was from an old game called Mafia II where a bar is named it. The story was very interesting and especially the history of the Maltese Falcon (not sure if fiction or real - not checked). Being noir there is no true good guy but Sam Spade is a good guy in this (despite his many flaws).
I would love to read more by Dashiel Hammett as well as noir of his era. I thoroughly enjoyed this.
jennyp0208's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
phinepupc's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
jessica_simonetti's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
deanna_rigney's review against another edition
5.0
Hammet's prose is straightforward & full of marvelously constructed sentences. Sam Spade, the protagonist, is a tough, shifty, and mischievous hard-boiled detective. Swoon.