Hell's Half Acre (Phineas Poe #3)
I don't really know what to think of this book. I'll try to form some sort of..review.I really dreaded writing this because I wasn't really sure how to put my thoughts on this into a review. Whenever I feel negative or just..weird..about a book, the review seems a lot harder to do than when I love something. In this case, it's even harder because I can't really pinpoint exactly what this book did wrong. The structure was pretty similar to that of Kiss Me, Judas. From page one, to the end; almost
Given how much I loved the first two books of this trilogy, I stayed away from this book for a very long time because, well, how could I be anything but disappointed?But I should not have stayed away, because, while I will admit that it's not as good as the first two (there are stray sentimental strands that Baer seems unable to help himself from excluding), it's still THE RETURN OF JUDE (who isn't in the second book, by the by), and so it's still entirely worthwhile.I'm really looking forward
I enjoyed this book more than the others in this series. I do feel as if this was the second book in the series, and the Penny Dreadful book was kind of out in left field. You can see how his writing has evolved and it was much easier to follow the story line this time around. I really do feel as if the second book wasn't his favorite and he decided to get back on the track he was originally going with the Jude vs Poe vs insanity vs the bad guys vs internal desperation vs the world.
Skip Penny Dreadful and go straight to this one.
This is my second attempt to finish this book.Despite - or maybe because of its manic energy, this books reads at a fast clip. Not even a day and I'm already past the halfway mark, doggedly following the distracted (imagined?) misadventures of Kiss Me, Judas's ex-cop antihero protagonist Phineas Poe despite my internal clock's best efforts to start my nightly allotment of sweet, sweet sleep. Other readers accustomed to light, airy things might find the narrative of drugs, sex, violence appaling.
Best book I've read in years. He goes way out there. Makes you wish a world like this really existed. But you should read Kiss Me Judas first, but its not as good. You just need it for the context.
Will Christopher Baer
Hardcover | Pages: 385 pages Rating: 4.18 | 1152 Users | 41 Reviews
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Title | : | Hell's Half Acre (Phineas Poe #3) |
Author | : | Will Christopher Baer |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 385 pages |
Published | : | September 10th 2004 by MacAdam/Cage Publishing (first published 2004) |
Categories | : | Mystery. Noir. Fiction. Crime. Thriller |
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Kidnapping, snuff films, amputee geeks and a requiem of lost love.Cast adrift after the blood symphony of Penny Dreadful, Phineas Poe is looking for answers in the form of a woman. He tracks Jude to San Francisco, where he finds her involved with John Ransom Miller, a wealthy sociopath with a mysterious hold over her. Jude is nursing her own revenge fantasy, but she needs Miller's help, and in exchange, Miller wants Jude to help him with an unspeakable crime. Alone and out-gunned, Poe hopes he can save Jude from herself, make sense of his past, and navigate a torturous internal landscape he calls hell's half acre.Details Books Concering Hell's Half Acre (Phineas Poe #3)
Original Title: | Hell's Half Acre |
ISBN: | 1931561826 (ISBN13: 9781931561822) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Phineas Poe #3 |
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Ratings: 4.18 From 1152 Users | 41 ReviewsAssessment Appertaining To Books Hell's Half Acre (Phineas Poe #3)
A few dark and dusty years ago I was introduced to a fellow by the name of Phineas Poe, an ex-cop bent on drugs still trying to catch loose-leads, with a thunder cloud following his every step. Until...Jude. Judas. Kiss me, Judas.A mystery wrapped in pvc pants, cigarette hanging from her mouth, and a tab of ecstasy under her tongue. She's ex-military with all the training.She can kill you five ways from Sunday before you even hit the ground. She's a bitch. She makes the girl with the dragonI don't really know what to think of this book. I'll try to form some sort of..review.I really dreaded writing this because I wasn't really sure how to put my thoughts on this into a review. Whenever I feel negative or just..weird..about a book, the review seems a lot harder to do than when I love something. In this case, it's even harder because I can't really pinpoint exactly what this book did wrong. The structure was pretty similar to that of Kiss Me, Judas. From page one, to the end; almost
Given how much I loved the first two books of this trilogy, I stayed away from this book for a very long time because, well, how could I be anything but disappointed?But I should not have stayed away, because, while I will admit that it's not as good as the first two (there are stray sentimental strands that Baer seems unable to help himself from excluding), it's still THE RETURN OF JUDE (who isn't in the second book, by the by), and so it's still entirely worthwhile.I'm really looking forward
I enjoyed this book more than the others in this series. I do feel as if this was the second book in the series, and the Penny Dreadful book was kind of out in left field. You can see how his writing has evolved and it was much easier to follow the story line this time around. I really do feel as if the second book wasn't his favorite and he decided to get back on the track he was originally going with the Jude vs Poe vs insanity vs the bad guys vs internal desperation vs the world.
Skip Penny Dreadful and go straight to this one.
This is my second attempt to finish this book.Despite - or maybe because of its manic energy, this books reads at a fast clip. Not even a day and I'm already past the halfway mark, doggedly following the distracted (imagined?) misadventures of Kiss Me, Judas's ex-cop antihero protagonist Phineas Poe despite my internal clock's best efforts to start my nightly allotment of sweet, sweet sleep. Other readers accustomed to light, airy things might find the narrative of drugs, sex, violence appaling.
Best book I've read in years. He goes way out there. Makes you wish a world like this really existed. But you should read Kiss Me Judas first, but its not as good. You just need it for the context.
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