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A review by nikchick
L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories by Megan Abbott, Joyce Carol Oates, Lawrence Block, Joe R. Lansdale, Andrew Vachss, Duane Swierczynski, Francine Prose, Jonathan Santlofer
3.0
Started reading this ebook and wasn't sure I was going to like it. Megan Abbott's opening story really didn't hit my noir button, not that it was a bad story or anything. Lawrence Block's story came a lot closer, hitting the subject matter straight but with a little twist in the telling. Then I got to good ol' Joe Lansdale and BANG, that's what I'm talking about when I think noir. That's as far into it as I got on the first foray but at about 30% through it's so far, so good.
Update: now that I've finished I have to say I really ended up being of two minds about the collection. Was left with the impression that several of the stories really weren't noir stories at all. Still, as a free anthology add-on for a video game, it was surprisingly solid and I feel almost bad rating it as a 3 but in the end I just didn't like several of the stories too much.
Update: now that I've finished I have to say I really ended up being of two minds about the collection. Was left with the impression that several of the stories really weren't noir stories at all. Still, as a free anthology add-on for a video game, it was surprisingly solid and I feel almost bad rating it as a 3 but in the end I just didn't like several of the stories too much.