Shella Audiobook

" If you like happy endings, you may want to skip Shella. However, if you like a twisted love story where murder and metropolitan underbellies are key players, get this book now. Vachss gives good noir with his minimalist, "just the facts, ma'am" brand of storytelling. "

" This is not a Burke novel, but a pretty good stand alone that Vachss wrote, I'm guessing to take a break from Burke. "

" Andrew Vachss is a superb writer. His prose is spare and lean and this novel is even more stark and minimalist than his Burke novels. This one features a hitman named "ghost" and charts similar territory as the Burke series. "

" Dark....VERY Dark. Therefore -lovely! "

" The bleakest book I've ever read. "

" Lean and mean. Vachss is a master at understatement. "

" This was the first book by this author to catch my eye. Each sentence was just as suspenseful as the last. I was heartbroken every time I had to put it down, but finished it in one night nonetheless. Andrew Vachss has been my favorite author since the moment I read the dedication page. "

" I think this was my introduction to Andrew Vachss, private eye, lawyer and attourney specializing in child protective cases. Good writer, disturbing material. "

" Shella is a bleak, hard boiled love story between two incredibly damaged people. Vachss's style is blunt and economical, but it still succeeds in painting a vivid picture. "

" Jet-black noir. Chilling and moving at the same time. "

" There is something very fluid abnout the way Vachss Writes Characters, how they think, act, feel. I find myself polishing off any of this novels in no time at all. "

" holy crazy eyepatch, batman! "

" this is vachss best work: a kind of twisted romance of exactly how far a man will go for his woman, violent, realistic, perceptive vision of a part of modern us life we do not want to think about. characters are extreme, but that is what works in this nightmare dark world. "

" Strange but good. "

" A dark and gritty tale that holds the readers interest well, using a tight and concise writing style to explore many of the seedy and seamier underground aspects of life. "

" Straightforward, dark, noir novel. As good as Vachss can get. "

" Another quick read, somewhat darker than normal and just as seedy as usual. Good sex and lanquage throughout, highly recommend for those who devalue skin-heads and the AB. Vachss has lived the life and probably seen about all of the refuse that riff-raff produces. "

" I like the way this book was written. It was short and to the point. Words were not wasted or thrown in there to fill pages. The story and characters were dark. The Ghost's mission to find Shella was suspenseful. Didn't like that too much time was spent on the natzi/kkk material. "

" Excellent. Very, very excellent. This is a narrative pared down to the bone. The conservation of language here gives the story the impact of a slug from a .44 magnum. "

" Straightforward, dark, noir novel. As good as Vachss can get. "

" Lean and mean. Vachss is a master at understatement. "

" This was the first book by this author to catch my eye. Each sentence was just as suspenseful as the last. I was heartbroken every time I had to put it down, but finished it in one night nonetheless. Andrew Vachss has been my favorite author since the moment I read the dedication page. "

" There is something very fluid abnout the way Vachss Writes Characters, how they think, act, feel. I find myself polishing off any of this novels in no time at all. "

" Jet-black noir. Chilling and moving at the same time. "