Shella (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) (edit title)

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Liked It Rated 5 stars “Whoa. Bleak as noir gets. Incredibly sad and depressing. But definitely blurs the lines between literature and genre fiction. A notable cut above Vachss' other work (which is good).” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 3 stars

  “Vachss could probably be a great writer but, like many crime fiction writers, he seems to have a gimmick which he uses redundantly to crank out short thrillers. His work has an admirable twist. His heroes are actually villains with big hearts who defend abused children.
  
  I buy his books new because he uses 100% of his profits to fund the pro bono work he does as an attorney (his real job) for severely abused children. Although gimmicky and rarely memorable, they're good, short, sometimes thrilling reads.”

  Sidris wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “Whoa. Bleak as noir gets. Incredibly sad and depressing. But definitely blurs the lines between literature and genre fiction. A notable cut above Vachss' other work (which is good). ”

  heminator wrote this review Friday, September 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “burke, vachss, crime”

  Stina S wrote this review Friday, September 11 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “One of my favorite Vachss books. Intense!”

  Scott H wrote this review Thursday, August 27 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No