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The Killer Inside Me
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I feel silly expressing this opinion about a well-known and revered classic of the noir genre--a genre that is all about sex and violence and amorality mixed together in the most disturbing combination possible--but this book was too much for me.
Just way too ugly.
Just way too ugly.
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June 20, 2021
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Jul 16, 2021 01:04AM
You shouldn't feel silly for being honest, Lark. Although it may be 'classic', it's certainly not for everyone.
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Jodi wrote: "You shouldn't feel silly for being honest, Lark. Although it may be 'classic', it's certainly not for everyone."I'm enjoying my Jim Thompson #2, Savage Night. The discomfort I have with The Killer Inside Me has to do with its open celebration of sadism. There is no gray area in the protagonist's brain--he loves being bad. In some way that seems to contradict the moral dilemmas that other noir books are defined by, books I love a lot--like They Shoot Horses, Don't They? and The Postman Always Rings Twice.
Stay away from Pop 1280 as to me, it's like a sister book to 'The Killer Inside Me'. 'The Grifters' is less ugly and I enjoyed it quite a bit.
