A review by troublesometailor
Half the Blood of Brooklyn by Charlie Huston

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

The 'mystery' of this novel was not really central to the plot. Rather than being focussed on solving a case, Joe seems to just get dragged through a string of violent events. This book leans further into the pulpy noir style than the first two books, which does fit the trajectory that the earlier books established, but wasn't really to my taste.

I found a lot of the depiction of religion in this book pretty distasteful. While that was clearly the point, I'm not sure this was the place to discuss some of the issues that were being raised.