Monday, July 20, 2009

The Black Dahlia

- James Ellroy -

Did not particularly enjoy this one - I think the noirish, everyone's got a dirty secret and is lying through their teeth tropes just don't work for me.

It felt like everyone ended up miserable, no justice was had for the victim at the center of the storyline and I just walked away feeling frustrated.

Doesn't help being based on a true crime I think, because knowing what atrocities were visited on the Black Dahlia makes it all the more horrific and yet unsatisfying when the protagonist, Bucky, finally solves the crime.

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