This is primarily a blog of book reviews. I simply just love reading and I like to record my informal thoughts and reviews on books that I come across. I prefer books with very high stakes so I mostly read crime, noir, and horror/sci-fi, but I enjoy any great story. I'll go for anything as long as it's good!
*Explanation of the Blog Title:
A friend mentioned that there is a stereotype that most black men don't read fiction. Well, I'm here to prove otherwise!
Sunday, February 21, 2016
WILD TO POSSESS by Gil Brewer
This novel opens with a neat but pretty unbelievable
premise where a
lonely, drunk sign-maker overhears a couple of strangers plan a
kidnapping plot and decides to get in on the action. It's basically a
noir-within-noir structure where the main character has his very own
James M. Cain story playing out in front of him and he decides to write a
role for himself, interrupt the whole shebang and take off with all the
ransom money, while trying to also deal with a horny girlfriend, and a
man that shows up knowing all of the dark secrets of his past.
The
events that follow were difficult to buy into and I was never truly
engaged beyond the surface action. It just felt too "conceived," like I
could see the uneven gears of Brewer's plot turning. Thankfully,
Brewer's trademark pacing kept things going at a quick clip and there
were a few tense scenes. But then things just fizzled out with a weak
climax and a forgettable resolution.
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