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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I read this book long long time ago. I vaguely remember. It is about the fame murder. Black Dahlia. I remember I can not really connect or even finish this book. The story is too gruesome and disturbing.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Absolutely devoured this book. Ellroys perverse mind translates beautifully into his prose.
dark
tense
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
dark
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is a fictional tale based on the murder of Elizabeth Short, presenting the truth of '40s L.A. as a cesspool of crime and moral bankruptcy. Behind the glam of Hollywood(land) is a complicated web of individuals with their hidden lies and agendas. Perhaps that's why the real killer of the Black Dahlia was never convicted.
This was a roller coaster of a read before the afterword went for a last-minute punch. The author, haunted by the memory of his murdered mother, wrote this as a kind of a fucked up commemoration tainted by obsession. May those poor women rest in peace.
This was a roller coaster of a read before the afterword went for a last-minute punch. The author, haunted by the memory of his murdered mother, wrote this as a kind of a fucked up commemoration tainted by obsession. May those poor women rest in peace.
While Ellroy's prose is hard to follow and at some points boring, he created a book that went beyond my expectations. Reading the afterword, connecting his mother's rape and murder to the Black Dahlia murder made this book even more significant. This is an author that I'll be sure to read again.