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A review by cullen_mi
Savage Night by Jim Thompson
3.0
2.5 stars. Rounded up to 3 because I'll give Jim Thompson the benefit of the doubt.
I've liked every Thompson pulp crime novel I've read so far, but I had to abandon this one with about 50 pages to go. I can't quite articulate why I found it so lacking. The first person protagonists in Thompson's books are usually dark and interesting and satisfying. The delicate and sickly hitman in Savage Night I just found to be annoying and completely uninteresting.
I've liked every Thompson pulp crime novel I've read so far, but I had to abandon this one with about 50 pages to go. I can't quite articulate why I found it so lacking. The first person protagonists in Thompson's books are usually dark and interesting and satisfying. The delicate and sickly hitman in Savage Night I just found to be annoying and completely uninteresting.