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Title: Interesting writing
Review: I didn't really enjoy _Noir_ all that much. The writing was convoluted, seemingly for its own sake at times, and it never built toward an ending. It seemed, rather, to meander in exacting description of just how bad everything is.The last 40 pages or so wrapped the plot together by revealing a lot of off screen action that made for a 'happy' ending. While the reader is struggling to understand the significace of McNihil's eyes, and why it is they are mentioned every 10 pages or so, McNihil is solving everything, without having the decency to let the reader know what the Hell it is that he's doing!It was, however, rather disappointing to wade through the baroque writing of the first few hundred pages and find it to be nothing more than scene setting. Not plot development. Scene setting.Sure, the characterizations are interesting, and yes, the world is somewhat dark. Wasn't worth the build up.
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