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dantastic's review against another edition
3.0
Max Fisher, the business man from Bust, is back and is a crack dealer. Felicia, a stripper from Bust, is his woman. Meanwhile, Angela is back in Ireland and has hooked up with a psychopath calling himself Slide. Slide's goal in life is to become the next big serial killer. Throw in a cop that's seeking revenge on Fisher for the cop killed in Bust and you have Slide.
Slide, while not as good as Bust, is a pretty good read. It's a little light on Angela but Max is a more interesting character anyway. He's as delightfully sleazey as ever and has no idea how ridiculous he's become, thinking he's like Scarface. Slide's fairly interesting. Angela is still Angela.
Slide probably won't win any awards but it's a fun story and a hilarious entry in the Hard Case series. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens to Max and Angela in The Max.
Slide, while not as good as Bust, is a pretty good read. It's a little light on Angela but Max is a more interesting character anyway. He's as delightfully sleazey as ever and has no idea how ridiculous he's become, thinking he's like Scarface. Slide's fairly interesting. Angela is still Angela.
Slide probably won't win any awards but it's a fun story and a hilarious entry in the Hard Case series. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens to Max and Angela in The Max.
garrett01's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
I already gave a well articulated review on this on Goodreads, so I’m just gonna give a little rant here. This is dog crap. Literal, putrid dog crap. One of the worst things I’ve ever read in my life. Don’t fall for the cool cover like I did. I usually love hard case crime, but this was far far far and away the worst I’ve read. I guess I learned my lesson on making hasty decisions at the bookstore and not properly researching a book first (I definitely haven’t). Actually considering making a whole trip to goodwill (like 30 mins from my house) JUST to get this out of my home. Literally someone make these talentless writers STOP immediately.
whitethief's review against another edition
dark
funny
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
thomasroche's review against another edition
1.0
Wow, there are few Hard Case Crime books that haven't worked for me. This collaboration by Irishman Bruen and American Starr is one of them. It's the second book in a trilogy, but seriously... that had nothing to do with it. I just hated it. There just really aren't words for how much. I decided I would try to say something nice about it, but I have nothing nice to say. Wow. Really amazing. Just...wow.
urbaer's review against another edition
2.0
An OK read, the plot strands seemed more disconnected than in Bust. Didn't really seem to have the same kind of pivotal point in the story, I didn't really care about any character and on the whole didn't really find it all that entertaining.
Bit of a shame really.
Bit of a shame really.
danmanning's review
1.0
Wasn't a fan. I found the male lead unbearable. It did the trick in being a quick read to get started again.
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