Crooked Little Vein: A Novel Audiobook

" Modern vulgarity, grit-ridden, pulp, noir, odyssey prose written by one of my favorite graphic novel writers. Godzilla fetish!! "

" A book about fetishes and social undercurrents that are thankfully unseen in everyday life. This is a good read if you are feeling voyueristic, although the author's attempts to shock and awe his readers are frustratingly sensationalist. Ellis is a well-known graphic novelist, so his sense of description is meticulous and intense. "

" An utterly engrossing read that frequently made my mind boggle with obscenity, but gripped me to keep reading. Those previous readers of Ellis' work will be comforted that his unrelenting satirical style and dark humour is ever prevalant. "

" Entertaining, but often quite disturbing, book written in a similar style to most of the comic books written by Ellis. "

" Just picked this up today, about half way in and my sides hurt. S'funny. Wonderfully offensive. "

" It took me several chapters to be able to get used to the weird, crazy and disgusting things the main characters encounter, but once I got used to it, I enjoyed this book and did come to care about the characters. I would recommend it to certain readers. "

" Sometimes the story seemed like an avenue for Warren to bring up some insane practice he's heard about or something he's seen on the internet but I found myself totally invested as a whole and especially throughout the last few chapters. "

" Fast paced and entertaining. "

" Delicious brain-twistingly fun hardboiled two-fisted detective adventure. Thank you Warren Ellis, I'll never wash my brain again. Warning to those in the audience who can't stomach filth and depravity, THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR YOU. Hearts! "

" Warren Ellis writes fanfic about his blog. "

" A book that exemplifies the internet term "try-hard". Mr. Ellis goes far out of his way to show off his knowledge of sexual fetishes and deviant subcultures at the expense of characters or story. I think it would be best if he stuck to the medium of comics in the future. He's MUCH more suited to it. "

" This book is the bastard child of "Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul" and "Silence of the Lambs." A fun story, not as good as Ellis' comics, but a fun read nonetheless. "

" Really good fun, embraces its noir roots and remains utterly disgusting and depraved from first page to the last. "

" This is the Little Black Book of Ellis, and chronicles all that is sick and twisted in America. It's a psychotic detective tale of perversion, madness, fear and loathing, and bright sparks of glorious hope. "

" there are parts of this book where i think warren ellis needs a filter but over all very fun and very fucked up . "

" A strange journey across america reveling in stranger and stranger psycho sexual perversions. But what an amazing writing style. Any novel that starts with a rat pissing into a coffee cup is marvelously deranged enough for me. "

" 3.5 stars. Psychedelic noir; a fun way to pass 6 hours waiting in an airport/being on a plane. "

" oh man, so funny!! I loved this book. "

" I admire what the author did, but it was too disturbing and twisted for me to really enjoy. "

" Down and out PI searches underbelly of society for 2nd version of US Constitution "

" I enjoyed it. A compulsively readable detective novel that explores both the seedy underside of the internet AND historical fiction. "

" Highly recommended to me, but I just couldn't get into it. I quit a little more than half way through... an honest effort. "

" Loves the fucked-up nature that Ellis had created here. Loves his satirical writing. This is a road story unlike any other. A Godzilla bukkake ? come on. But the story, well, it's just a road novel. Not quite gripping to keep me reading it all along. "

" Disgusting! Perverted! Obscene! This is really my kinda book! I couldn't put it down. "

" I ended up really loving this books, it was twisted and bizarre but somehow not at all dark. "

" My favorite thing about this book is all of it. The characters, their antics, the plot, the violence, and over-the-top obscenity. There is no part of this book that does not equal awesome. Warren Ellis is a global treasure and should be canonized. "