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Black Wings Has My Angel by Elliott Chaze

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vittidimartino's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

vortimer's review against another edition

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5.0

Glass sharp hard boiled thriller, with the unusual feature that the first person narrator is a bad 'un on the path to a heist before he meets the titular femme fatale...

crowlandrew's review against another edition

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5.0

A twisted sweet love story disguised as noir. Elliott Chaze's prose is electric, at turns brutal and sublime, and intensely empathetic towards our mains, Tim and Virginia, who appear at the start to fall into the typical noir archetypes of anti-hero and femme fatale, but quickly explode out into multiple dimensions. Dark and startling, A+

kathieboucher's review against another edition

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5.0

Terrific noir tale—a first person account of scheming, crime, and its corrupting aftermath.

millssb's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.5

sebds3036's review against another edition

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4.0

Wow what a weird but great book. I suppose its why its a cult classic.
Now i partially read it because Tom Hiddleston is going to be in a movie adaptation with Anna Paquin, but it was A GOOD BOOK. It is also very nearly a 'classic' book since there were many literary devices embedded within the book.
A con man and a call girl pull off a heist in 50's America. Or do they?