Description
Stories of those lost in the gritty and crime-laden asphalt jungle are together in this collection from the acclaimed noir series. There are all kinds of dark business you might encounter on a cold night in Basin City, and the tales in this anthology paint a gloriously dirty portrait. This edition includes a fourteen-page expanded cover-and-art gallery featuring pieces from previous editions.
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1994 - 1997 (original issues)
Publication
Dark Horse Books (2010), Edition: 3, 240 pages
ISBN
1593072988 / 9781593072988
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LibraryThing member wendellg
At first I was dubious of this book as a collection of shorts - but I found it to be interesting in relation to the other books in the series.
I'm even more impressed after reading it a second time: the way the short stories fit together - in relation to each other and the larger Sin City universe -
I'm even more impressed after reading it a second time: the way the short stories fit together - in relation to each other and the larger Sin City universe -
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is masterful. Ditto for the compactness of the stories.And I've forgotten how truly horrifying these stories are - how well-done they are... Show Less
LibraryThing member coffeesucker
Love these stories! Sin City just keeps getting better!
LibraryThing member Radaghast
Violent, graphic and ultimately entertaining. Sit back and enjoy, if you need a session of mindless action.
LibraryThing member sweetiegherkin
Unlike the other Sin City books so far, this book isn’t one consistent story but a bunch of short vignettes. Some of the characters, like Dwight and Marvin, are familiar faces, but the rest are new. For these reasons, I couldn’t really get into the stories too much. They were over too quickly
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for me to get to really like or dislike a character, understand their motivations, or even understand the point of the story (i.e., what is the given reason for a character to kill another, let alone what their underlying motivation for that killing is). The illustrations, however, are as good as usual, with the addition of an occasional splash of blue, red, or pink in some of the stories. Overall though, this is the only one of the series so far that has been disappointing. Show Less
LibraryThing member stacy_chambers
A hodgepodge of short stories, but I like the way some of them link to earlier stories from this series.
LibraryThing member adpaton
The Sin City series is horrendously expensive here in South Africa: I bought Booze, Broads and Bullets because it was remarkably cheaper than the other volumes. Idiot. There's always a reason something costs less.
I did not care for this at all: given I like the sort of story arc we find in
Some of the characters from the film and from the other books are here - notably Marv - but volume six was an expensive disappointment to me.
I did not care for this at all: given I like the sort of story arc we find in
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Preacher, spreading over multi-volumes, a collection of brief stories amounting to nothing is guaranteed to make me unhappy. Some of the characters from the film and from the other books are here - notably Marv - but volume six was an expensive disappointment to me.
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LibraryThing member Stahl-Ricco
A fun collection of Sin City short stories!
"The Customer is Always Right " is my favorite, I loved the quiet of "Silent Night ", and I dug the font style of "Rats". A good read that is over much too quickly!
"The Customer is Always Right " is my favorite, I loved the quiet of "Silent Night ", and I dug the font style of "Rats". A good read that is over much too quickly!
LibraryThing member NaleagDeco
As usual the style is impeccable, but the assortment of stories are too short and schizophrenic to be genuinely enjoyed in one run or when spaced. I much prefer the long-story style of the previous volumes.