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Gun Church (2011)

by Reed Farrel Coleman(Favorite Author)

3.67 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Audible, Inc.

review 1: Coleman is trying to achieve several interesting objectives in this book -- ambitious, admirable, and achieved. As a stem-winder of a contemporary noir thriller, it's a rollicking good read; you'll stay up past your bedtime as you keep turning pages. As a look back to the 1980s as an example of excess on too many fronts to count, it's a painful hangover. As a critical perspective on some of that decade's hot literature and the bad boys who wrote it, this book is likely to remind you that some things don't age particularly well. As insight into the publishing industry, it may be funny, eye-opening, or painful, depending on your position relative to it. Coleman also manages to tell a couple of other stories within the story, offer some interesting thoughts about geographic a... morend class divisions in America, write some true things about gun guys and gun culture, and expose some of what passes for higher education for most Americans. If you're looking for a happy ending, noir probably isn't your cup of tea, but Coleman manages to tie up a lot of threads in a way that honors his story and characters.
review 2: I read this in an e book format so it moved at a different pace than usual. At first, I thought this was an interesting, quirky, somewhat off the wall disjointed book. It certainly kept me interested, but I was unprepared for the roller coaster last 1/3 of this book. Fasten your seat belt and hold on boyos because this one hits a whole new gear and leaves you almost breathless until the last 3-5 pages. Wow, what a finish. It pulled it up to 4 stars for me. Good weird fun, a great story. less

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