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A review by hsienhsien27
The Kind of Friends Who Murder Each Other by Chris Rhatigan
3.0
1. A noir novella with the most handsome book cover.
2. It's about a bunch of guys who live in a boring suburbia who have done horrible things.
3. Once again, like I said about My Friend Dahmer, it's about that secret evil that lurks in the shadow of suburbia. A lot of people are bored and they think nothing happens, but guess what, people are stalking and killing each and chopping you up.
4. Friends who keep secrets are not the most trust worthy friends.
5. Because they will kill you and stalk you and make sure you don't spill the milk.
6. Like most noir novels, this is a spitting, cursing, nihilistic little book about a guy who kills his friends and runs away. All because they sat down one day and had some drunken banter about their deepest secrets.
7. Written with prose that is lurid and yet somehow dull in the main character's apathy.
8. One thing that I tend to notice about anti-heros in the noir genre is that for some reason, you think they're really cool. Which is bad, because in real life they are much worse than what is in these novels.
9. Although I will admit that I didn't enjoy it as much as his novella in you don't exist with Pablo D'Stair.
10. But it is excellent in its execution and would probably make a good short indie film.
Rating: 3/5
originally published here: http://notesontheshore.blogspot.com/2015/07/listicle-reviews-violet-dusk-by.html
2. It's about a bunch of guys who live in a boring suburbia who have done horrible things.
3. Once again, like I said about My Friend Dahmer, it's about that secret evil that lurks in the shadow of suburbia. A lot of people are bored and they think nothing happens, but guess what, people are stalking and killing each and chopping you up.
4. Friends who keep secrets are not the most trust worthy friends.
5. Because they will kill you and stalk you and make sure you don't spill the milk.
6. Like most noir novels, this is a spitting, cursing, nihilistic little book about a guy who kills his friends and runs away. All because they sat down one day and had some drunken banter about their deepest secrets.
7. Written with prose that is lurid and yet somehow dull in the main character's apathy.
8. One thing that I tend to notice about anti-heros in the noir genre is that for some reason, you think they're really cool. Which is bad, because in real life they are much worse than what is in these novels.
9. Although I will admit that I didn't enjoy it as much as his novella in you don't exist with Pablo D'Stair.
10. But it is excellent in its execution and would probably make a good short indie film.
Rating: 3/5
originally published here: http://notesontheshore.blogspot.com/2015/07/listicle-reviews-violet-dusk-by.html