Title: Good but cliche' ridden
Product review: Home Is The Sailor was my introduction to Day Keene. I liked the author's hard-hitting style, but by the end this book winds up being predictable and generic, like a typical 1950s Hollywood crime movie. The too quickly and neatly-wrapped-up happy ending is definitely not in keeping with what I expect from noir and really put me off; plus, the improbable (some might say, ridiculous) mystery behind the femme fatale and murder victim is so badly and blatantly given away by the mid-point that it failed to register any impact at all with me by the time it was finally clinched in the climax... That is, other than to groan, say "D'OH!" and smack my forehead, Homer Simpson style. I don't regret the read, it's fast-paced, sexy and exciting enough, but ultimately falls victim to too many cliche's of the genre.
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