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A review by archergal
The Two-Bear Mambo (Hap and Leonard, #3) by Joe R. Lansdale
4.0
I'm 6 chapters in, and there are two words that are going to stick with me:
"Christmas ants". And the line "It's not every day you can actually step into a science fiction episode of the Andy Griffith show by way of Deliverance." LOL. It makes sense in context!
[After listening to the whole book]:
Well, this book is much more like what I think of when I think of Joe Lansdale's writing. Honestly, are there men who really talk like this out of the hearing of women? I wouldn't know. But if you're curious about different terms for fucking, or for the many ways the characters refer to their dicks, this is your book.
It's much more brutal than the previous book too. Most of the action take place in an east Texas town not too far from Hap and Leonard. The boys are asked to go there to see if they can find out what happened to Florida Grange, Hap & Leonard's lawyer from Mucho Mambo. She went down to investigate what really happened when a prison died in custody there. Unfortunately, the town is particularly racist and EXTREMELY hostile to black people, and to white people who are friends with blacks, e.g., Florida, Leonard, and Hap.
Some pretty brutal things happened. I was really worried about Hap & Leonard at one point, which is silly, since there are a bunch more books in the series. I can't think of another book I've read where the N word was used so frequently, and with such venom or casual cruelty, by characters.
It's a good story, but it's an ugly and brutal one. I think the next book I read/listen to will have to be a unicorn chaser.
"Christmas ants". And the line "It's not every day you can actually step into a science fiction episode of the Andy Griffith show by way of Deliverance." LOL. It makes sense in context!
[After listening to the whole book]:
Well, this book is much more like what I think of when I think of Joe Lansdale's writing. Honestly, are there men who really talk like this out of the hearing of women? I wouldn't know. But if you're curious about different terms for fucking, or for the many ways the characters refer to their dicks, this is your book.
It's much more brutal than the previous book too. Most of the action take place in an east Texas town not too far from Hap and Leonard. The boys are asked to go there to see if they can find out what happened to Florida Grange, Hap & Leonard's lawyer from Mucho Mambo. She went down to investigate what really happened when a prison died in custody there. Unfortunately, the town is particularly racist and EXTREMELY hostile to black people, and to white people who are friends with blacks, e.g., Florida, Leonard, and Hap.
Some pretty brutal things happened. I was really worried about Hap & Leonard at one point, which is silly, since there are a bunch more books in the series. I can't think of another book I've read where the N word was used so frequently, and with such venom or casual cruelty, by characters.
It's a good story, but it's an ugly and brutal one. I think the next book I read/listen to will have to be a unicorn chaser.