The ultimate hard-boiled detective novel.
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dabbe LOVE him! THE BIG SLEEP is my favorite (movie, too!), but this one was good, too. ❣️ 2y
Farewell, My Lovely | 
The ultimate hard-boiled detective novel.
#crimefiction #detective
panThe plot was slow and convoluted but even worse were the racial slurs and stereotypes. It was like Chandler was working from a checklist of groups of people to say offensive things about - he covered several.
so-soTwists, turns, and a private eye that gets knocked unconscious every fifth chapter, just about. Great dialogue and one liners, but the racist language made me cringe.
pan⭐️⭐️ Farewell, My Lovely was a disappointment. It was racist which was a major turnoff at the very beginning and the story could not recover in my eyes. I‘m not quite sure if Chandler is trying to make a point about LA cops in the ‘40s being corrupt and racist but I couldn‘t like this book because of it. I also think the story is a little too meandering in a non-entertaining way. The Big Sleep was a better story. This was my No. 13 #bookspinbingo
pickdramatization of book, Farewell My Lovely by Raymond Chandler. Philip Marlowe 2nd mystery. setting is California 40s. Moose Malloy is looking for red-haired Velma Valento. Malloy has smashed up the club, broken the manager's neck, and headed out of the door. Marlowe has a hunch that he can find Velma. He just has to hope that curiosity doesn't get him killed. Story full of wisecracks & colorful characters & humor of Chandler. Highly recommended!
I am considering deleting my TBR on Goodreads because I feel like it hams me in and I can‘t choose what I want to read... but I don‘t want to lose the ideas. Plus, I love list challenges. So I saved it there! Here is the list before I terminate it.
https://www.listchallenges.com/farewell-lovely-tbr
@Riveted_Reader_Melissa - here you go :)
We finally had to say goodbye to this guy after about 16 years. He brought so much joy to so many. I‘m feeling bereft today.
It took me a while to get into this one, but the P.I. has personality for days! His internal dialogue is funny and fiesty. Seems almost modern except for all the slang from the 1930s.
These #spines really irritate me because I‘m missing the tagged book!
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#readingresolutions
pickMarlowe is on the trail of a missing nightclub singer, but before he can make some progress, he‘s caught up in a couple murders, jewel thieves, police corruption, and a psychic. What‘s most puzzling of all is how these elements all fit together, but Marlowe solves the case along with the help of few drinks, some snappy wisecracks, and an inquisitive sidekick.
pickI have been reading Raymond Chandler. The hard-boiled detective is a model I‘ve been studying as one type of detective. Although dated (Chandler wrote in the 1940s), the plot has a bite and sting that make it relevant and reliable. Philip Marlowe is as world weary as he is bone weary and the guy seems to always be in need of a clean suit and a nap. But he gets the job done with witty dialogue and a couple of drinks (more than a couple).
#TBRtemptation post 4! This is the 2nd installment in the Philip Marlowe series. Marlowe' about to give up on a routine case. Then he gets caught up in a murder, and a ring of jewel thieves, more murder, a fortune-teller, more murder, and a heavy dose of corruption. All in a day's work for the detective. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎
pickThe bodies just keep piling up and the hard-boiled gumshoe keeps delivering zinging one-liners! I love Chandler's work! 81/1,001 #1001Books
Melissa: "Farewell, My Lovely is a thriller and a love story - and it's about murder and corruption in the 1940s. It was given to me by a guy on our first date. I have no idea what to make of that. It didn't work out for us but we're still friends."
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