The Little Sister (Abridged) Audiobook

" Who better but Raymond Chandler to write a sexy, witty mystery? Excellent writing and an intricate plot - so far, so good! "

" Not my favorite, but any Chandler is good Chandler. "

" Chandler is archetypal noir. Any noir film you see or book you read, Chandler's been there, done that. "

" The Hollywood stuff was good, the misogynistic stuff was not. 2 1/2 stars. "

" 3 1/2 actually. This plot has so many twists and turns it effectively twirl the reader around and sideways but manages to never make you sick. You get the nice girl, the bad girl, the very bad girl, a few psychotic killers and a somewhat out of control Marlowe that tries to make some sense out of a very bad situation. Nothing is what it seems and the good guys aren't always wearing white hats. A solid plot, characters that make you care about them even if they are soooo bad. Like this one a lot. "

" Rambling plot sometimes hard to follow, BUT the P.I. Marlowe bittersweet voice teems throughout. Famous metaphors work well. The wrap-up is pretty decent. This book skewers the Hollywood glitterati. "

" Chandler is one of the masters of the hard boiled private eye novel. Philip Marlowe is the slightly tarnished knight in shining armour walking the streets of 1940's LA encountering damsels in distress, femmes fatales and a variety of hoods and hoodlums. Plotting isn't his strongpoint and there are sometimes inconsistencies but the prose is strong. "

" Classic story of a good man on a (literal) Quest wrapped in a hard-boiled plot, with plenty of social commentary on post-WWII Tinsel Town along the way. Superb writing, as you would expect from Chandler, Verging on five stars... "

" Beautiful writing once again. The plot was a lot less convoluted than some of his other novels, but that's neither here nor there. Just a comment. "

" Although crime novels are not really my bag, Raymond Chandler is such a good writer that I can easily overcome my apprehension as to the genre, and this book is no exception to that. I would highly recommend reading this guy to anyone with at least some remote interest in literature. "

" This had all the trademarks of Chandler's style, but it felt a little hollow, like he was just going through the motions. Overall the plot was just okay, hard to follow at a few junctures. It was a little disappointing. "

" Great old book. "

" You can tell that this was one of Chandlers earlier works. Marlow is a little less refined. The plot is a little convoluted, but still a great read, chalk full of chandlers wit and insight. Some very memorable characters. "

" read this for the work newsletter. the illustrator, michael lane, depicts philip marlowe as a jack kerouac look alike. the 1969, beer bloated, miserable, but still mentally sufficient kerouac. "

" This is one of Chandler's most underrated novels and probably my favorite. It's Marlowe at his most cynical and risque. Chandler finessed a tangled snare of plot to the very last page. I ate it up. "

" Not as good as the more famous Chandler titles, but still definitely worth reading. "

" A great hard-boiled detective novel. I am trying to get a bit more into LA based novels (in an attempt to get more attached to LA/California)... "

" "Go ahead and faint," I said. "I'll catch you on the first bounce." "

" It's Marlowe versus Hollywood. Equal parts brutal and sexy. It's Raymond Chandler, what else need be said? "

" Good, but not great Chandler/Marlowe. One of the later ones "