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whaydengilbert 's review for:
The Bottoms
by Joe R. Lansdale
Really more like a 3.5, but I can’t really tell if my criticisms are well-founded, or if the trappings of mystery fiction don’t really work for me. Like the exposition you get from the villain once they’re found out…I get that it’s part of the whole *thing*, I just find it so tedious. I’m also a really slow reader, and because of that I usually have more time to stew and figure out “who” it was that “dunnit” and unfortunately this is no exception.
However, Lansdale’s greatest strength is Voice, and in The Bottoms, as well as everything else I’ve read by him, it’s truly a joy to go along for the ride, even one that’s as sad and cruel as this one is at times.
However, Lansdale’s greatest strength is Voice, and in The Bottoms, as well as everything else I’ve read by him, it’s truly a joy to go along for the ride, even one that’s as sad and cruel as this one is at times.