https://iwilldare.com/2009/03/the-big-suck/ A little bit of heaven & A whole lot of hell Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:07:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://iwilldare.com/2009/03/the-big-suck/#comment-25592 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:07:17 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=8081#comment-25592 I definitely balked at the blatant sexism, but I just kind of rolled with it, I mean, considering the genre it’s hardly going to be sunshine and rainbows and equality all round! The depiction of crime in The Big Sleep is hardboiled, so I suppose it stands to reason that the depiction of women should pull no punches. Still, it certainly does not get any easier swallow with time!
Having said that, I did enjoy the book and the sometimes inane use of similes was rather entertaining to me. Perhaps in any other genre it might not have worked so well, but to me, the examples shown above managed to capture a time and a place as well as set scene and character.

]]> https://iwilldare.com/2009/03/the-big-suck/#comment-25110 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 17:40:15 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=8081#comment-25110 i definatly agree with this. this might be a late response to your book review here, but i am required to read this book for my university english class. i am also required to write an essay on it and i think its ridiculous. It completely objectifies woman and descriminates against homosexuals. (sorry, my spelling sucks). I also don’t see what is so attractive about an ass hole detective. He is rude and “mysterious” and apparently all the trampy women like this!!! NO! i know too many pricks from high school that act like Marlowe! its stupid….. regarless of the “stereotypes” of whichever time period.

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