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Rural Noir: Bluebird, Bluebird and Pop. 1280
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Night Has a Thousand Eyes is a hauntingly beautiful novel that may have been too ambitious in its construction. The theme here is whether things happen because of coincidence or fate and it is a philosophical issue of whether one has free will or not.
The story plays out when Homicide Detective Tom Shawn takes a walk along the river on his way home from work and sees a woman (Jean Reid) who is about to drown herself in the river despite the fact that, on the surface, she has or seems to have eve ...more
The story plays out when Homicide Detective Tom Shawn takes a walk along the river on his way home from work and sees a woman (Jean Reid) who is about to drown herself in the river despite the fact that, on the surface, she has or seems to have eve ...more
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This novel is existentially lonely, but the writing is so heavy handed. In trying to squeeze so much noir atmosphere, so much grim melancholy into his descriptions, Woolrich loses focus on what matters, which is whether the reader will want to turn the page.
I found myself, repeatedly, not wanting to turn the page, not because I was afraid, but out of boredom.
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This novel is existentially lonely, but the writing is so heavy handed. In trying to squeeze so much noir atmosphere, so much grim melancholy into his descriptions, Woolrich loses focus on what matters, which is whether the reader will want to turn the page.
I found myself, repeatedly, not wanting to turn the page, not because I was afraid, but out of boredom.
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