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A review by dcox83
Blood's a Rover by James Ellroy
5.0
The latest from James Ellroy finds his characters not influencing national events like they did in American Tabloid or being caught up in them like they were in The Cold Six Thousand. Instead, they’re trying to do what feels right to them while navigating their way through the war between black militants and the FBI, mobbed up casinos in the Caribbean and a fictional armored car heist.
The big twist this book takes away from other Ellroy novels is how empowered women are throughout the whole story. Instead of being passive objects, the women in Blood’s a Rover out-lie, out-cheat and out-manipulate the male leads, which creates an interesting new dynamic. To be honest, I got a little bored in The Cold Six Thousand b/c it felt too familiar, but I never had that issue with Blood’s a Rover.
I think I just appreciated how much his characters evolved throughout the novel because of those new dynamics without losing the conspiracy/crime novel/mystery aspect that makes all of Ellroy’s book entertaining.
The big twist this book takes away from other Ellroy novels is how empowered women are throughout the whole story. Instead of being passive objects, the women in Blood’s a Rover out-lie, out-cheat and out-manipulate the male leads, which creates an interesting new dynamic. To be honest, I got a little bored in The Cold Six Thousand b/c it felt too familiar, but I never had that issue with Blood’s a Rover.
I think I just appreciated how much his characters evolved throughout the novel because of those new dynamics without losing the conspiracy/crime novel/mystery aspect that makes all of Ellroy’s book entertaining.