Dare Me by Megan Abbott
I wanted to read this one in advance of watching the new show, which I’ll now make every available effort to do because the book itself would make for a good translation to visual media. And it helped me understand why I like Megan Abbott so much. I’ve been going through Abbott’s catalogue for most of the last few years but it wasn’t until I read Dare Me that I realized why I like her so much. Abbott is a very sensual writer. She’s good at filling […]
Normandy Gold by Megan Abbott & Alison Gaylin
Read as part of CBR11 Bingo: Illustrated I love 70s moves. I love conspiracies. I love Megan Abbott’s work. Mix it all together and you’re probably going to make something I’ll love. That’s definitely the case here. I collect Hard Case Crime novels as a hobby. I decided not to do this when they expanded to graphic novels but I admire the talent they got to do them. Abbott on this one and Crista Faust, another favorite, on one that I will have to check […]
Die A Little by Megan Abbott
As I said in my review of The Song Is You, I wish Megan Abbott had done more 40s and 50s LA noir tales. She is of course welcome to write what she darn well pleases without my input. Give Me Your Hand was one of my favorite reads from last year. But these tales are so much fun and they hit that sweet spot of quality LA mysteries. Like The Song is You, this is a historical mystery featuring an amateur sleuth trying to deduce what’s behind her […]
While I enjoy her recent work, which is usually set in the present day, I wish Megan Abbott had written more books with settings in 40s and 50s LA and Vegas. She was really onto something. I suppose comparisons to James Ellroy’s The Black Dahlia are inevitable with this one. Like Ellroy’s work, it’s a murder mystery based on a true murder of a woman working the fringes of Hollywood. But unlike Ellroy, who likes to muse about social affairs and masculinity, this is a straight-up whodunnit. […]
Read for CBR Bingo: Inspired by another person’s review. Two things before the review… 1. I was inspired by vel veeter’s review to do this book. vel gave it three stars; they liked it but didn’t love it. I liked it a little more and will explain why below. Here’s vel’s review: https://everyday-offershub.com/2018/07/do-you-think-it-could-happen-in-real-life-what-for-someone-to-have-no-conscience/ 2. I was fortunate to meet Megan Abbott at a book signing and have her sign it! It was awesome to hear her talk about the book, the process of writing, crime fiction, The […]
This book is interesting in a lot of ways. For one, it’s a book that does not seem to consider itself having a male audience at all. That doesn’t mean that it’s expressly written for women or a “female audience” but it eschews a kind of default audience or anything that lines up perfectly along those lines. It’s a little hard to put into words, but rather than focusing on a audience, it has a clear voice. There are men in this story, like there […]
