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A review by chickenx1000
Last Woman Standing by Amy Gentry
3.0
The #MeToo "popcorn thriller" take on Strangers on a Train.
Very entertaining, breakneck paced suspense.
The daring premise (taking on a 'crime classic' with a POC protagonist... really shouldn't be that contentious but alas) is well executed, and with sufficient originality to make it it's own. Dana is a good protagonist and I admire the way the author was able to keep the suspense going until rather far in the book.
Another reviewer noted that the book seems to say a lot about life as a comic/comedian but not show us much. I would agree; oddly enough, Dana's job could have been replaced by any male-dominated field that has a small enough community that most of the participants in a given area would interact. Dana could have been a blacksmith and the story would have worked nearly as well. The few glimpses we get at her stand up routines are more for plot than truly funny. To be fair, writing comedy is very hard and stage comedy is completely different skill to novel writing. But I must say that id it's going to be a central point of the plot, it should show more.
All in all a very entertaining, quick, light read that nonetheless tackles important themes. Would be great on the screen!
Very entertaining, breakneck paced suspense.
The daring premise (taking on a 'crime classic' with a POC protagonist... really shouldn't be that contentious but alas) is well executed, and with sufficient originality to make it it's own. Dana is a good protagonist and I admire the way the author was able to keep the suspense going until rather far in the book.
Another reviewer noted that the book seems to say a lot about life as a comic/comedian but not show us much. I would agree; oddly enough, Dana's job could have been replaced by any male-dominated field that has a small enough community that most of the participants in a given area would interact. Dana could have been a blacksmith and the story would have worked nearly as well. The few glimpses we get at her stand up routines are more for plot than truly funny. To be fair, writing comedy is very hard and stage comedy is completely different skill to novel writing. But I must say that id it's going to be a central point of the plot, it should show more.
All in all a very entertaining, quick, light read that nonetheless tackles important themes. Would be great on the screen!