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A review by jakewritesbooks
The Blue Hammer by Ross Macdonald
4.0
Although we've come...to the ennnnnd of the road...still I can't let go...It's unnatural, you belong to me, I belong to youuuuuu
Almost 2.5 years after I read Sleeping Beauty, my journey to finish Ross Macdonald's Lew Archer series comes to its conclusion. And while the last few books have begun to finally show the wear and tear of a writer and the habits he develops when writing a series, I'll miss it a lot. Lew Archer might be a mostly blank slate but these books are my favorite in PI literature.
Macdonald writes as if he doesn't know its his swan song. He planned to do another book but soon developed dementia. Nevertheless, like a TV show that doesn't know its getting cancelled but points on a good finale anyway, this one is another fine addition to the canon. Probably in the middle of the pack as far as Archer books go (there's a character too many and the plot meanders) but it wouldn't be an Archer if Macdonald didn't stay true to his character's roots of pouring through the dirty deeds of rich folks who suffer from chances not taken. And like much of his late period oeuvre, it sticks the landing in a beautifully tragic way.
I will miss these books.
Almost 2.5 years after I read Sleeping Beauty, my journey to finish Ross Macdonald's Lew Archer series comes to its conclusion. And while the last few books have begun to finally show the wear and tear of a writer and the habits he develops when writing a series, I'll miss it a lot. Lew Archer might be a mostly blank slate but these books are my favorite in PI literature.
Macdonald writes as if he doesn't know its his swan song. He planned to do another book but soon developed dementia. Nevertheless, like a TV show that doesn't know its getting cancelled but points on a good finale anyway, this one is another fine addition to the canon. Probably in the middle of the pack as far as Archer books go (there's a character too many and the plot meanders) but it wouldn't be an Archer if Macdonald didn't stay true to his character's roots of pouring through the dirty deeds of rich folks who suffer from chances not taken. And like much of his late period oeuvre, it sticks the landing in a beautifully tragic way.
I will miss these books.