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All over the place

Revisado: 10-17-22

I Struggled to finish this book and I have listened to every James Ellroy audiobook book except Bloods a Rover. I liked American Tabloid but this book just felt like a lot of jazzed up filler, the first half was okay but by the 2nd half I just didn't care anymore. Even James Ellroy's ex wife and current girlfriend is a critic of this book. They really should have got the same guy that read American Tabloid to read this book, it would have added some continuity and made the book a little better, it's WARD LITTLE! I don't care how it's spelled.

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Gets interesting about 1/4 the way through

Revisado: 07-22-22

At first I wasn't sure about this book but once the main character investigates his first murder things start to pick up and the story is interesting till the end. The narrator was good but took some getting used to, I just wasn't a huge fan of his voice at first.

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Great interview.

Revisado: 11-01-21

Great interview with James Ellroy, the demon dog of L.A. hard boiled crime fiction.

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It starts out good and ends good

Revisado: 09-24-21

This book started out good and ended good but as I got towards the middle of the book I started to lose track of all the names and characters. There's at least 30 characters and 3 of them are main characters, you almost need to pull up this books fandom page as a reference to remember who all the characters are. If you want a book to casually listen too it might not be the book for you unless you are already a big Ellroy fan but if you are new to his work you might want to try Ellroy's earlier books like Brown's Requiem or The Black Dahlia. The Big Nowhere is #2 in a quartet of books and it leads into L.A. Confidential #3, Black Dahlia is #1 and White Jazz is #4 so would recommend reading them in order If you are interested in this book. Overall I give this book a 3.5

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Maybe the best book of the trilogy

Revisado: 09-24-21

I enjoyed the audio book and it's narrator and I think the story is actually better than the first book in the trilogy "Blood On The Moon". The nice thing though is the third and final book of the trilogy "Suicide Hill" along with book #1 Blood On The Moon are both free to listen to with an audible membership, so really it only costs you one credit for the whole trilogy. I actually really like James Ellroy's earlier books and find them easier to follow than some of his more recent works. His first 5 or 6 books are perfect for the audio format because they are just simpler story's with less characters and I just find them easier to follow when I'm just casually listening.

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Fantasy

Revisado: 01-20-21

This is first Black Dahlia book I have read, and over the years I've learned it's mostly fantasy. With most of Steve's evidence you have to take him at his word, and his word isn't worth much. He's been caught lying about too many things. If you start fact checking things, his whole theory immediately begins to fall apart. Steve Hodel relies on the readers ignorance, and uses his former detective status to trick them in to trusting him. Do not read his book for any other reason than entertainment, because it's mostly fiction.

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