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lichenbloom's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
kathrinpassig's review
4.0
Das war ... weird. Nicht ganz so weird wie "Rise, Ye Sea Slugs!" von Robin D. Gill, aber es ging in die Richtung. Die Polizei ist nicht mehr ganz so Freund-und-Helfer-ig wie in den ersten beiden Bänden, was ich gut fand. Der surrealistische Silette-Glaube, dem die Protagonistin anhängt, war mir hier manchmal ein bisschen zu konkretes Lebenshilfe-Kundalinischlangen-Gerede, ich fand es besser, als (in den ersten zwei Bänden) mehr im Unklaren blieb, was das für eine Philosophie ist. Ich kann verstehen, wenn man das alles blöd findet, aber es war zufällig genau die Sorte Weirdness, die ich mag, mir hat dieser dritte Band viel Freude gemacht und ich dachte dabei einen der erfreulichsten Gedanken, die man beim Lesen denken kann, nämlich "So kann man also auch Bücher schreiben!" ("'Man kann den Salzlachs also auch noch auf diese Art essen!' sagte ich mir dabei ständig und bewunderte die Erfindungsgabe der an Gütern nicht gesegneten Bergbewohner.", Junichi'iro Tanizaki)
sandygx260's review against another edition
5.0
Sooooo much better than the second book in this series. I loved this crazy story.
katel1970's review against another edition
4.0
This was wackadoodle! And I loved that about it. I now know it's a trilogy, but I hope we get another book with Claire DeWitt at some point in the future.
siriface's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
4.0
vandermeer's review against another edition
2.0
War ok. Immerhin ist sie dieses Mal Indizien gefolgt. Es war auch nett, dass mehrere Geschichten auf einmal erzählt wurden.
chazbot72's review against another edition
5.0
Fantastic! I won this in a Goodreads giveaway. Honestly, I had never heard of the Claire DeWitt series before, so I got the first two books - and they were awesome. This one, though,...just...wow. I loved it. I hope there will be more to this series!
jeddcole's review against another edition
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
emckeon1002's review against another edition
3.0
I've enjoyed the Claire DeWitt series, as dark and weird as they are, but The Infinite Blacktop was ultimately, disappointing. DeWitt, the self-described, best detective in the world, demonstrates her prowess in several brilliantly-named cases in her career, but when the dust has settled, she is mired in an existential mystery that's unsolvable. The "who am I, really" variety of mystery. The, "dear reader, do I really care" kind of mystery. Sleepless and fueled by super-drugs, Claire is relentless in pursuit of "the truth." Uh-huh. Not so much a whodunit, as a whoamIandwhy.
spinstah's review against another edition
3.0
I have mixed feelings about this one. I enjoyed the main story, but found the two other stories that were interspersed to be a bit distracting. Clearly we’re supposed to be making comparisons and finding answers in them, but I found it a bit hard to do that.
On the plus side, less gratuitous drug use than the last book, but Claire still puts herself through the wringer in ways that seem to defy all sense of reality.
On the plus side, less gratuitous drug use than the last book, but Claire still puts herself through the wringer in ways that seem to defy all sense of reality.