A review by readr_joe
Pop. 1280 by Jim Thompson

3.0

[a:Jim Thompson|7621|Jim Thompson|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1360741132p2/7621.jpg] does right pretty well, that's certain; the only problem with this novel is that it's basically the same style of very simplistic, stripped-back writing, and describing a series of what seem to be interchangeable events, to the point where you're (the reader) either giving up or praying for something to happen. When something does, in the final ten pages or so of the story, not only does the (narrative) voice appear to change but the transformative events themselves are not especially well-described, so the existential revelation that underpins the story concept is submerged in its delivery. I can't help but feel, it could have been an amazing short story; as a novel, less than amazing. Great writing, but a bit tedious.