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Crime Diaries
些芯写械薪薪懈泻 泻褨谢械褉邪
袉邪薪褍 锌芯写芯斜邪褦褌褜褋褟 泄芯谐芯 褉芯斜芯褌邪: 写芯斜褉褨 谐褉芯褕褨, 褑褨泻邪胁褨 蟹邪胁写邪薪薪褟, 斜邪谐邪褌芯 胁褨谢褜薪芯谐芯 褔邪褋褍. 袨写薪邪 锌褉芯斜谢械屑邪 - 芯褋芯斜懈褋褌械 卸懈褌褌褟: 蟹 泄芯谐芯 锌褉芯褎械褋褨褦褞 薪械锌褉芯褋褌芯 蟹薪邪泄褌懈 泻芯褏邪薪薪褟. 袗 胁褨薪 褌邪泻 褏芯褔械 卸褨薪芯褔芯谐芯 褌械锌谢邪 褨 谢褞斜芯胁褨. 孝褉褍写芯胁褨 斜褍写薪褨 写邪褉褍褞褌褜 袉邪薪褍 蟹褍褋褌褉褨褔褨 蟹 斜邪谐邪褌褜屑邪 写褨胁褔邪褌邪屑懈, 邪谢械 褌褨 蟹邪蟹胁懈褔邪泄 谐懈薪褍褌褜. 袧邪泄褔邪褋褌褨褕械 - 胁褨写 泄芯谐芯 褉褍泻懈. 袘芯 胁褨薪 泻褨谢械褉. 袨写薪邪泻 褑械 薪械 蟹邪胁邪卸邪褦 袉邪薪褍 褕褍泻邪褌懈 褋胁芯褞 褦写懈薪褍. 袚芯谢芯胁薪械 - 胁懈锌邪写泻芯胁芯 薪械 胁斜懈褌懈 褩褩.
352 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2003
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Danny King
55听books47听followersDanny King was born in Slough, Berkshire, the second son of Michael and Dorothy King. He and his two brothers, Ralph and Robin, lived on the Britwell Estate until 1979, when they moved to Yateley, Hampshire. He attended Yateley School but failed to gain any qualifications before leaving at the age of 16. He stacked shelves for a short stint in the Yateley branch of Somerfield (then Gateway), before working on various building sites as a hod carrier.
In 1991 he took an Access course at Farnborough College of Technology, which helped him land a place at The London College of Printing studying journalism. Between 1993 and 2002 he worked on various magazine titles, eventually becoming Editor of the Paul Raymond Publications title Mayfair (magazine). He now writes full-time.
In the late 1980s, he was arrested several times and convicted of burglary at Winchester Crown Court and car theft at Camberley Magistrates Court. It is largely due to receiving these convictions that he cites as his reasons for giving education a second go.
In 1991 he took an Access course at Farnborough College of Technology, which helped him land a place at The London College of Printing studying journalism. Between 1993 and 2002 he worked on various magazine titles, eventually becoming Editor of the Paul Raymond Publications title Mayfair (magazine). He now writes full-time.
In the late 1980s, he was arrested several times and convicted of burglary at Winchester Crown Court and car theft at Camberley Magistrates Court. It is largely due to receiving these convictions that he cites as his reasons for giving education a second go.
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袧邪褋锌褉邪胁写褨 褔芯褉薪褍褏邪 薪邪 锌芯褔邪褌泻褍 褌褍锌邪, 写邪谢褨 褌芯谐芯 胁褋褜芯谐芯 屑械薪褕械. 袗谢械 锌械褉褕褨 2 褉芯蟹写褨谢懈 褨 芯写褉邪蟹褍 谐谐 褌褍锌芯 6 胁斜懈胁邪褦: 褋胁芯褞 写褨胁褔懈薪褍 (斜芯 胁芯薪邪 胁褋械 斜邪褔懈谢邪), 蟹 褟泻芯褞 胁懈泄褕谢懈 蟹 泻邪褎械褏懈, 写邪谢褨 2褏 薪邪 锌邪褉泻芯胁褑褨 斜芯 胁芯薪懈 褖芯褋褜 薪械 锌芯写褨谢懈谢懈 蟹 薪懈屑. 袙褨薪 胁褋褨褏 褌褉褜芯褏 锌邪泻褍褦 胁 屑邪褕懈薪褍 褨 褩写械 褩褏 "褏芯胁邪褌懈". 袩芯 写芯褉芯蟹褨 褖械 芯写薪芯谐芯 褔褍胁邪泻邪, 斜芯 胁褨薪 胁懈锌邪写泻芯胁芯 薪邪 褋胁褨褌谢芯褎芯褉褨 锌芯斜邪褔懈胁 胁斜懈褌懈褏 褍 屑邪褕懈薪褨. 袛邪谢褨 斜褨谐褍薪邪 褟泻芯谐芯 蟹斜懈胁, 褋褌邪褉械薪褜泻褍 卸褨薪泻褍, 斜芯 褨 胁芯薪邪 胁褋械 褌械 斜邪褔懈谢邪. "校褌懈谢褨蟹邪褑褨褟 褋谢褨写褨胁" 卸芯褉褋褌泻邪, 褨 褟泻褖芯 胁懈 锌褨褋谢褟 褑褜芯谐芯 写邪谢褨 蟹邪褏芯褔械褌械 褔懈褌邪褌懈 (褑械 褟 褋锌芯泄谢械褉褞-锌芯锌械褉械写卸邪褞) 褨 褑械 褖械 胁褋械 斜褍写械 胁邪屑 锌芯写芯斜邪褌懈褋褜 - 褌芯写褨 褑械 锌械褔邪谢褜. 袛芯褔懈褌褍胁邪胁 锌芯 30-50 褋褌芯褉褨薪芯泻 褍 写械薪褜, 邪谢械 屑芯卸薪邪 斜褍谢芯 褋屑褨谢芯 薪械 写芯褔懈褌褍胁邪褌懈.
袧械 褉械泻芯屑械薪写褍褞.
袧邪褋锌褉邪胁写褨 褔芯褉薪褍褏邪 薪邪 锌芯褔邪褌泻褍 褌褍锌邪, 写邪谢褨 褌芯谐芯 胁褋褜芯谐芯 屑械薪褕械. 袗谢械 锌械褉褕褨 2 褉芯蟹写褨谢懈 褨 芯写褉邪蟹褍 谐谐 褌褍锌芯 6 胁斜懈胁邪褦: 褋胁芯褞 写褨胁褔懈薪褍 (斜芯 胁芯薪邪 胁褋械 斜邪褔懈谢邪), 蟹 褟泻芯褞 胁懈泄褕谢懈 蟹 泻邪褎械褏懈, 写邪谢褨 2褏 薪邪 锌邪褉泻芯胁褑褨 斜芯 胁芯薪懈 褖芯褋褜 薪械 锌芯写褨谢懈谢懈 蟹 薪懈屑. 袙褨薪 胁褋褨褏 褌褉褜芯褏 锌邪泻褍褦 胁 屑邪褕懈薪褍 褨 褩写械 褩褏 "褏芯胁邪褌懈". 袩芯 写芯褉芯蟹褨 褖械 芯写薪芯谐芯 褔褍胁邪泻邪, 斜芯 胁褨薪 胁懈锌邪写泻芯胁芯 薪邪 褋胁褨褌谢芯褎芯褉褨 锌芯斜邪褔懈胁 胁斜懈褌懈褏 褍 屑邪褕懈薪褨. 袛邪谢褨 斜褨谐褍薪邪 褟泻芯谐芯 蟹斜懈胁, 褋褌邪褉械薪褜泻褍 卸褨薪泻褍, 斜芯 褨 胁芯薪邪 胁褋械 褌械 斜邪褔懈谢邪. "校褌懈谢褨蟹邪褑褨褟 褋谢褨写褨胁" 卸芯褉褋褌泻邪, 褨 褟泻褖芯 胁懈 锌褨褋谢褟 褑褜芯谐芯 写邪谢褨 蟹邪褏芯褔械褌械 褔懈褌邪褌懈 (褑械 褟 褋锌芯泄谢械褉褞-锌芯锌械褉械写卸邪褞) 褨 褑械 褖械 胁褋械 斜褍写械 胁邪屑 锌芯写芯斜邪褌懈褋褜 - 褌芯写褨 褑械 锌械褔邪谢褜. 袛芯褔懈褌褍胁邪胁 锌芯 30-50 褋褌芯褉褨薪芯泻 褍 写械薪褜, 邪谢械 屑芯卸薪邪 斜褍谢芯 褋屑褨谢芯 薪械 写芯褔懈褌褍胁邪褌懈.
袧械 褉械泻芯屑械薪写褍褞.
February 29, 2024
袩褉芯 胁邪卸谢懈胁褨褋褌褜 胁屑褨褋褌泻芯谐芯 斜邪谐邪卸薪懈泻邪 邪斜芯 些芯 褋胁褨褌芯胁懈泄 邪胁褌芯锌褉芯屑 屑芯卸械 蟹邪锌褉芯锌芯薪褍胁邪褌懈 泻褨谢械褉邪屑?
馃槇 袉邪薪 褋褌褉邪卸写邪褦. 袧邪褋褌褨谢褜泻懈 褋懈谢褜薪芯, 薪邪褋泻褨谢褜泻懈 屑芯卸械 褋褌褉邪卸写邪褌懈 写芯褉芯褋谢懈泄 褔芯谢芯胁褨泻 褨蟹 锌褍褕泻芯褞 蟹邪 锌芯褟褋芯屑, 胁 褟泻芯谐芯 写邪胁薪芯 薪械 斜褍谢芯 褋锌褉邪胁卸薪褨褏 褋褌芯褋褍薪泻褨胁 褨蟹 卸褨薪泻邪屑懈, 邪 胁 谐芯谢芯胁褨 卸懈胁械 谐芯谢芯褋 写邪胁薪芯 锌芯屑械褉谢芯褩 屑邪褌褍褋褨, 谢邪写薪芯褩 写褨褋褌邪褌懈 褋懈薪芯褔泻褍 蟹 褌芯谐芯 褋胁褨褌褍.
馃槇 袉邪薪 鈥� 薪邪泄屑邪薪懈泄 胁斜懈胁褑褟 褨 褑械 褌械, 褖芯 胁褨薪 褉芯斜懈褌褜 写褍卸械 写芯斜褉械 (锌褉芯斜邪褔懈屑芯 胁卸械 泄芯屑褍 锌械胁薪褍 褋褍锌械褉褋泻褨谢褜薪褨褋褌褜, 胁褉械褕褌褨 褉械褕褌, 褑械 褔芯褉薪邪 泻芯屑械写褨褟, 邪 薪械 锌褋懈褏芯谢芯谐褨褔薪邪 锌褉芯蟹邪 蟹 胁懈褋芯泻芯褩 锌芯谢懈褑褨).
馃槇 袉邪薪 屑褉褨褦 蟹薪邪泄褌懈 褌邪泻褍 写褨胁褔懈薪褍, 褟泻褍 薪械 写芯胁械谢芯褋褟 斜 胁斜懈胁邪褌懈, 斜芯 胁芯薪邪 薪械 蟹褉芯蟹褍屑褨谢邪 胁邪卸谢懈胁褨褋褌褜 泄芯谐芯 褉芯写褍 蟹邪薪褟褌褜. 袉邪薪褍, 褟泻 胁懈 褉芯蟹褍屑褨褦褌械, 薪械 褖邪褋褌懈褌褜. 袗谢械 胁褨薪 褋褌邪褉邪褦褑褑褟!
馃摃 笑械 斜褍谢芯 胁械褋械谢芯, 褕胁懈写泻芯 泄 锌芯胁薪褨褋褌褞 蟹邪写芯胁芯谢褜薪懈谢芯 芯褌褍 褔邪褋褌芯褔泻褍 写褍褕褨 褔懈褌邪褔邪, 褟泻邪 褨薪泻芯谢懈 胁懈屑邪谐邪褦 褋芯谢芯薪芯谐芯 锌芯锌泻芯褉薪褍 泄 胁懈写芯胁懈褖. 袘械蟹蟹屑褨褋褌芯胁薪懈褏, 屑芯卸谢懈胁芯 薪邪胁褨褌褜 屑褨褋褑褟屑懈 褌褍锌褍胁邪褌懈褏, 褖芯 褌懈褋薪褍褌褜 胁懈泻谢褞褔薪芯 薪邪 锌褉懈屑褨褌懈胁薪褨 泻薪芯锌泻懈, 邪谢械 谐褍褔薪懈褏 褌邪 褟褋泻褉邪胁懈褏. 袩褜芯褉褎械泻褌! 袨褑械 胁芯薪芯.
馃摃 袪械泻芯屑械薪写褍褦褌褜褋褟 写芯 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪薪薪褟 锌褨写 褔邪褋 薪邪写褌芯 谐谢懈斜芯泻芯谐芯 蟹邪薪褍褉械薪薪褟 褍 褋邪屑芯泻芯锌邪薪薪褟 褌邪 褋邪屑芯斜褨褔械胁邪薪薪褟 蟹邪写谢褟 褉芯蟹胁邪薪褌邪卸械薪薪褟 褌邪 芯褔懈褖械薪薪褟 褋屑褨褏芯屑. 校胁邪谐邪! 袥褞写褟屑, 胁 褟泻懈褏 锌芯褔褍褌褌褟 谐褍屑芯褉褍 薪邪谢邪褕褌芯胁邪薪械 胁懈泻谢褞褔薪芯 薪邪 褌芯薪泻褨 褌邪 薪邪写褌芯薪泻褨 褉械谐褨褋褌褉懈, 锌芯锌械褉械写薪褜芯 胁邪褉褌芯 蟹谐褉褍斜褕邪褌懈 褉械谐褨褋褌褉 馃槇
#袛邪褎邪冲褉邪写懈褌褜
馃槇 袉邪薪 褋褌褉邪卸写邪褦. 袧邪褋褌褨谢褜泻懈 褋懈谢褜薪芯, 薪邪褋泻褨谢褜泻懈 屑芯卸械 褋褌褉邪卸写邪褌懈 写芯褉芯褋谢懈泄 褔芯谢芯胁褨泻 褨蟹 锌褍褕泻芯褞 蟹邪 锌芯褟褋芯屑, 胁 褟泻芯谐芯 写邪胁薪芯 薪械 斜褍谢芯 褋锌褉邪胁卸薪褨褏 褋褌芯褋褍薪泻褨胁 褨蟹 卸褨薪泻邪屑懈, 邪 胁 谐芯谢芯胁褨 卸懈胁械 谐芯谢芯褋 写邪胁薪芯 锌芯屑械褉谢芯褩 屑邪褌褍褋褨, 谢邪写薪芯褩 写褨褋褌邪褌懈 褋懈薪芯褔泻褍 蟹 褌芯谐芯 褋胁褨褌褍.
馃槇 袉邪薪 鈥� 薪邪泄屑邪薪懈泄 胁斜懈胁褑褟 褨 褑械 褌械, 褖芯 胁褨薪 褉芯斜懈褌褜 写褍卸械 写芯斜褉械 (锌褉芯斜邪褔懈屑芯 胁卸械 泄芯屑褍 锌械胁薪褍 褋褍锌械褉褋泻褨谢褜薪褨褋褌褜, 胁褉械褕褌褨 褉械褕褌, 褑械 褔芯褉薪邪 泻芯屑械写褨褟, 邪 薪械 锌褋懈褏芯谢芯谐褨褔薪邪 锌褉芯蟹邪 蟹 胁懈褋芯泻芯褩 锌芯谢懈褑褨).
馃槇 袉邪薪 屑褉褨褦 蟹薪邪泄褌懈 褌邪泻褍 写褨胁褔懈薪褍, 褟泻褍 薪械 写芯胁械谢芯褋褟 斜 胁斜懈胁邪褌懈, 斜芯 胁芯薪邪 薪械 蟹褉芯蟹褍屑褨谢邪 胁邪卸谢懈胁褨褋褌褜 泄芯谐芯 褉芯写褍 蟹邪薪褟褌褜. 袉邪薪褍, 褟泻 胁懈 褉芯蟹褍屑褨褦褌械, 薪械 褖邪褋褌懈褌褜. 袗谢械 胁褨薪 褋褌邪褉邪褦褑褑褟!
馃摃 笑械 斜褍谢芯 胁械褋械谢芯, 褕胁懈写泻芯 泄 锌芯胁薪褨褋褌褞 蟹邪写芯胁芯谢褜薪懈谢芯 芯褌褍 褔邪褋褌芯褔泻褍 写褍褕褨 褔懈褌邪褔邪, 褟泻邪 褨薪泻芯谢懈 胁懈屑邪谐邪褦 褋芯谢芯薪芯谐芯 锌芯锌泻芯褉薪褍 泄 胁懈写芯胁懈褖. 袘械蟹蟹屑褨褋褌芯胁薪懈褏, 屑芯卸谢懈胁芯 薪邪胁褨褌褜 屑褨褋褑褟屑懈 褌褍锌褍胁邪褌懈褏, 褖芯 褌懈褋薪褍褌褜 胁懈泻谢褞褔薪芯 薪邪 锌褉懈屑褨褌懈胁薪褨 泻薪芯锌泻懈, 邪谢械 谐褍褔薪懈褏 褌邪 褟褋泻褉邪胁懈褏. 袩褜芯褉褎械泻褌! 袨褑械 胁芯薪芯.
馃摃 袪械泻芯屑械薪写褍褦褌褜褋褟 写芯 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪薪薪褟 锌褨写 褔邪褋 薪邪写褌芯 谐谢懈斜芯泻芯谐芯 蟹邪薪褍褉械薪薪褟 褍 褋邪屑芯泻芯锌邪薪薪褟 褌邪 褋邪屑芯斜褨褔械胁邪薪薪褟 蟹邪写谢褟 褉芯蟹胁邪薪褌邪卸械薪薪褟 褌邪 芯褔懈褖械薪薪褟 褋屑褨褏芯屑. 校胁邪谐邪! 袥褞写褟屑, 胁 褟泻懈褏 锌芯褔褍褌褌褟 谐褍屑芯褉褍 薪邪谢邪褕褌芯胁邪薪械 胁懈泻谢褞褔薪芯 薪邪 褌芯薪泻褨 褌邪 薪邪写褌芯薪泻褨 褉械谐褨褋褌褉懈, 锌芯锌械褉械写薪褜芯 胁邪褉褌芯 蟹谐褉褍斜褕邪褌懈 褉械谐褨褋褌褉 馃槇
#袛邪褎邪冲褉邪写懈褌褜
October 20, 2010
It's no secret that I love absurdist humour, and the British do absurdism better than most. From Monty Python to Blackadder to Douglas Adams, Britain does it best. The Hitman Diaries attempts to continue this national tradition of elevating the obscure, the mundane, or the morally ambiguous into absurd and hilarious situations that entertain and enlighten all at once. Danny King doesn't quite succeed in this respect, and I'm not really sure what to make of this book.
I have reservations, but none of them are about the opening chapters. Our hitman, Ian Bridges, is having a date with a woman who works at a local candy shop. On their way out of the restaurant, two drunken patrons accost Ian, and before he can think better of it, his instincts take over and he shoots them dead. Then, of course:
A minor misunderstanding results in three murders. King establishes Ian's prowess at dating (zero) and how integral being a hitman is to his being (so much so it's automatic). In the process of transporting these bodies to his boat for disposal, Ian attracts the attention of three more people, so of course he has to silence them too. Suddenly, in 20 pages, Ian has already killed six people鈥攏one of them assigned hits. The next time he speaks to his contact in the organization, we learn that this is not the first time it's happened:
Not only does King juxtapose the grim job of a hitman with Ian's inability to connect to women (or even respect them), but, as he later confirms, he makes it clear that Ian is a sociopath (or, as Logan puts it, a nice "clockwork psychopath"). His instinct is to solve a problem by eliminating the people involved, contain the situation. He subconsciously follows this pattern in his daily life. And he has a hard time connecting to people emotionally, has had this problem his entire life.
It's mostly coincidental that I've read in the past month. Unlike I am Not a Serial Killer's John Cleaver, however, Ian is comfortable with his role in life. He isn't a serial killer either. Rather, he has been moulded by some unscrupulous villains into an on-demand killer. And the over-the-top humour just as often reinforces this fact rather than hiding it. At one point, Ian lists all the various methods for killing people that come to his mind, and then goes on to examine some of the more common methods, such as stabbing or shooting, in greater detail, listing their advantages and disadvantages. His tone is practical, almost dismissive, which makes it very funny, but also very dark. This is a man who knows how to kill people, does it for a living, and doesn't feel guilty about it.
So how is Ian ever going to get a girl?
Ian's search for love seems to be the central plot of The Hitman Diaries, if a central plot it has. From poor candy-counter Janet to Angela to Adelaide, Ian doesn't have a lot of luck with women. He has issues with his dead mother, with whom he is constantly having conversations (although when he mentions this to Adelaide, he also says he's aware that she's dead and he's not actually talking to her). Oh, and he kills people for a living. Coupled with his inability to connect to people in general, this makes it difficult for Ian to have a stable relationship. I'm not sure I'd say that Ian is misogynistic, because as a sociopath I don't think he really hates anything, including women. He is just brutally honest when evaluating the women in his life: Janet is a "fat bird;" Angela is too devoted to her Alzheimer's-affected mother; Adelaide has a poor choice in roommates. He sees other people and their relationships in a stark, almost economical sense; where we might see a sweet girl who is a little overweight or a woman who is caring for her ailing mother, Ian sees people with liabilities.
It's fascinating to watch Ian balance his work with his almost-nonexistent social life, and much of the tension in The Hitman Diaries arises from the collision of the two. This is pretty standard when you're writing about something like the life of a hitman, and while I don't want to spoil the ending, you can probably figure out how it goes just from that hint. And Danny King's writing is mostly up to the task; it is perhaps even the best part of the novel, containing the type of witty social commentary that I love.
So why can't I love The Hitman Diaries more? I've been pondering that question for a week. I think, as with many genre-straddling books like this one, the problem lies within the combination of genre elements. The Hitman Diaries doesn't quite work as a love story between Ian and Adelaide. The complications that arise from his profession never congeal into a real conflict until much too close toward the end. None of the characters, besides Ian, are in any way multidimensional or well-rounded.
This is a book that, when viewed from one angle, looks complete and satisfactory. Turn it slightly, however, and you will quickly see how thin it is. There are great lines in this book, many more than what I've quoted here. I loved reading about Ian's assignments, listening to him describe how he will stake out a target and plan the assassination. I liked reading about his relationships too, and their invariably messy ends. But I needed more of both of these elements, and The Hitman Diaries doesn't deliver on that.
I have reservations, but none of them are about the opening chapters. Our hitman, Ian Bridges, is having a date with a woman who works at a local candy shop. On their way out of the restaurant, two drunken patrons accost Ian, and before he can think better of it, his instincts take over and he shoots them dead. Then, of course:
I swung round once more and immediately found my final target. I was just about to pull the trigger when I suddenly remembered she was my date.
"I'm sorry," I told Janet, the gun a bare three inches from her forehead. "I'm a hitman."
"I won't tell anyone," she blubbed and covered her mouth with her little chubby hands.
"I know," I said. "I know you won't," then blew her brains out. People always say they won't tell anyone when there's a gun to their head but they always do. I lowered the automatic and took a moment out to let what I had just done sink in.
A minor misunderstanding results in three murders. King establishes Ian's prowess at dating (zero) and how integral being a hitman is to his being (so much so it's automatic). In the process of transporting these bodies to his boat for disposal, Ian attracts the attention of three more people, so of course he has to silence them too. Suddenly, in 20 pages, Ian has already killed six people鈥攏one of them assigned hits. The next time he speaks to his contact in the organization, we learn that this is not the first time it's happened:
"Please don't tell me you rubbed her out again!" he said, shaking his head, unable to look at me.
"It wasn't my fault. I couldn't help it."
"You couldn't help it? You took some bird out for dinner and you couldn't help murdering her. What's wrong with you, are you some sort of nutcase or something?"
"Look, I was compromised, I had no choice. Don't worry, everything's all right. There was no problem." 鈥�
鈥� "What about your connection?"
"Other than buying papers and the odd chocolate bar from her, there isn't one." I told Logan about how I asked her out. About how I'd followed her home and asked her well away from the shop, the security cameras and anyone that knew her, and as I did so I couldn't help but wonder if I'd done that by accident or design. Design probably. Not with the intention of killing her, you understand, I probably just didn't want anyone seeing me asking a fat bird out. Or, more likely, I didn't want to risk the possibility of anyone seeing me getting blown out by a fat bird.
Not only does King juxtapose the grim job of a hitman with Ian's inability to connect to women (or even respect them), but, as he later confirms, he makes it clear that Ian is a sociopath (or, as Logan puts it, a nice "clockwork psychopath"). His instinct is to solve a problem by eliminating the people involved, contain the situation. He subconsciously follows this pattern in his daily life. And he has a hard time connecting to people emotionally, has had this problem his entire life.
It's mostly coincidental that I've read in the past month. Unlike I am Not a Serial Killer's John Cleaver, however, Ian is comfortable with his role in life. He isn't a serial killer either. Rather, he has been moulded by some unscrupulous villains into an on-demand killer. And the over-the-top humour just as often reinforces this fact rather than hiding it. At one point, Ian lists all the various methods for killing people that come to his mind, and then goes on to examine some of the more common methods, such as stabbing or shooting, in greater detail, listing their advantages and disadvantages. His tone is practical, almost dismissive, which makes it very funny, but also very dark. This is a man who knows how to kill people, does it for a living, and doesn't feel guilty about it.
So how is Ian ever going to get a girl?
Ian's search for love seems to be the central plot of The Hitman Diaries, if a central plot it has. From poor candy-counter Janet to Angela to Adelaide, Ian doesn't have a lot of luck with women. He has issues with his dead mother, with whom he is constantly having conversations (although when he mentions this to Adelaide, he also says he's aware that she's dead and he's not actually talking to her). Oh, and he kills people for a living. Coupled with his inability to connect to people in general, this makes it difficult for Ian to have a stable relationship. I'm not sure I'd say that Ian is misogynistic, because as a sociopath I don't think he really hates anything, including women. He is just brutally honest when evaluating the women in his life: Janet is a "fat bird;" Angela is too devoted to her Alzheimer's-affected mother; Adelaide has a poor choice in roommates. He sees other people and their relationships in a stark, almost economical sense; where we might see a sweet girl who is a little overweight or a woman who is caring for her ailing mother, Ian sees people with liabilities.
It's fascinating to watch Ian balance his work with his almost-nonexistent social life, and much of the tension in The Hitman Diaries arises from the collision of the two. This is pretty standard when you're writing about something like the life of a hitman, and while I don't want to spoil the ending, you can probably figure out how it goes just from that hint. And Danny King's writing is mostly up to the task; it is perhaps even the best part of the novel, containing the type of witty social commentary that I love.
So why can't I love The Hitman Diaries more? I've been pondering that question for a week. I think, as with many genre-straddling books like this one, the problem lies within the combination of genre elements. The Hitman Diaries doesn't quite work as a love story between Ian and Adelaide. The complications that arise from his profession never congeal into a real conflict until much too close toward the end. None of the characters, besides Ian, are in any way multidimensional or well-rounded.
This is a book that, when viewed from one angle, looks complete and satisfactory. Turn it slightly, however, and you will quickly see how thin it is. There are great lines in this book, many more than what I've quoted here. I loved reading about Ian's assignments, listening to him describe how he will stake out a target and plan the assassination. I liked reading about his relationships too, and their invariably messy ends. But I needed more of both of these elements, and The Hitman Diaries doesn't deliver on that.
January 4, 2025
袉褉芯薪褨褔薪邪 褌邪 泻褨薪械屑邪褌芯谐褉邪褎褨褔薪邪 褨褋褌芯褉褨褟. 袧械 写懈胁薪芯, 褖芯 邪胁褌芯褉 锌懈褕械 褌邪泻芯卸 褋褑械薪邪褉褨褩. 袣薪懈卸泻邪 蟹 屑邪褌褞泻邪屑懈, 卸芯褉褋褌泻懈屑懈 卸邪褉褌邪屑懈 褌邪 胁斜懈胁褋褌胁邪屑懈. 效懈褋褌芯 褌芯斜褨 斜芯泄芯胁懈褔芯泻 褌懈锌褍 芦袛械写锌褍谢禄. 效懈褌邪褦褌褜褋褟 薪械泄屑芯胁褨褉薪芯 褕胁懈写泻芯 褨 谢械谐泻芯, 屑械薪械 泻褨谢褜泻邪 褉邪蟹褨胁 锌芯褋屑褨褏薪褍谢芯, 邪谢械 褌褉械斜邪 胁褉邪褏芯胁褍胁邪褌懈, 褖芯 胁褋械褉泄芯蟹 褑械泄 褉芯屑邪薪 褌芯褔薪芯 薪械 胁邪褉褌芯 褋锌褉懈泄屑邪褌懈. 孝褍褌 褦 屑褨褋褑械 邪斜褋褍褉写褍, 褋械泻褋懈蟹屑褍, 斜褉褍写褍 褨 褨薪泻芯谢懈 褌褍锌芯褋褌褨.
May 12, 2010
I read this book on the recommendation of my husband, we decided to swap books, I would read 'The Hitman Diaries' and he would read 'Let the right one in' by John Ajvide Lindqvist.
I wish I could say I enjoyed it but I didn't, it was supposed to be funny but as hard as I tried, I could not see the humour, the main character, Ian Bridges is looking for love and is determined to find it, you could see that the author wanted to make Ian endearing, he was not, his derogatory comments about women showed the reason why he could not find a woman, his lapses in judgement about any women in his life were confusing, he believed everything that his bosses told him.
Plus he was a hitman and he liked it.
Maybe I am losing my sense of humour, 'The Hitman Diaries' was not for me.
I wish I could say I enjoyed it but I didn't, it was supposed to be funny but as hard as I tried, I could not see the humour, the main character, Ian Bridges is looking for love and is determined to find it, you could see that the author wanted to make Ian endearing, he was not, his derogatory comments about women showed the reason why he could not find a woman, his lapses in judgement about any women in his life were confusing, he believed everything that his bosses told him.
Plus he was a hitman and he liked it.
Maybe I am losing my sense of humour, 'The Hitman Diaries' was not for me.
April 22, 2013
A thoroughly unlikeable protagonist made me put down this book after briefly flipping through a hundred pages.
True, the main character is about as conflicted and self-contradictory as the average human being, but this does not make him an interesting character at all.His total lack of empathy and utter disregard for human life come with the job, but his self-absorbed nature and infantile attitude to life completely ruined it for me. It reached the point where I really didn't care anymore whether he finds redemption or shoots himself in the head.
If this is an attempt at humor then I must sadly say I do not find the first hundred pages of the book humorous enough to warrant a complete read.
True, the main character is about as conflicted and self-contradictory as the average human being, but this does not make him an interesting character at all.His total lack of empathy and utter disregard for human life come with the job, but his self-absorbed nature and infantile attitude to life completely ruined it for me. It reached the point where I really didn't care anymore whether he finds redemption or shoots himself in the head.
If this is an attempt at humor then I must sadly say I do not find the first hundred pages of the book humorous enough to warrant a complete read.
March 6, 2024
屑械薪褨 写褍卸械 褋锌芯写芯斜邪谢邪褋褜 褑褟 泻薪懈谐邪, 薪械 褉芯蟹褍屑褨褞 褔芯屑褍 胁芯薪邪 胁褋褨屑 邪卸 褌邪泻 薪械 锌芯写芯斜邪褦褌褜褋褟, 薪械 斜邪褔懈谢邪 褖械 褟泻芯谐芯 锌芯蟹懈褌懈胁薪芯谐芯 胁褨写谐褍泻褍, 胁褋褨 褉芯蟹褔邪褉芯胁邪薪褨..
December 27, 2023
袩芯褔邪褌芯泻 斜褍胁 写褍卸械 斜邪谐邪褌芯芯斜褨褑褟褞褔懈泄, 邪谢械 薪械 胁懈褋褌邪褔懈谢芯 褔芯褉薪褍褏懈!!! 袩褉懈泻芯谢褜薪邪 泻芯薪褑械锌褑褨褟 褌胁芯褉褍, 斜械蟹卸邪谢褜薪懈泄 泻褨谢械褉, 褟泻懈泄 褏芯褔械 蟹薪邪泄褌懈 泻芯褏邪薪薪褟 褋胁芯谐芯 卸懈褌褌褟. 袆 褋屑褨褕薪褨 屑芯屑械薪褌懈, 泻芯谢懈 褔芯褉薪懈泄 谐褍屑芯褉 薪邪 胁懈褋芯褌褨, 邪谢械 褑褨 屑芯屑械薪褌懈 褦 薪邪锌芯褔邪褌泻褍 褌胁芯褉褍 褨 薪邪锌褉懈泻褨薪褑褨, 邪 褋械褉械写懈薪邪 褋懈谢褜薪芯 锌褉芯褋褨谢邪, 斜褍谢邪 褌褉芯褏懈 薪褍写薪褍胁邪褌芯褞 褨 写芯褋懈褌褜 锌械褉械写斜邪褔褍胁邪薪芯褞, 褌芯屑褍 褌褨谢褜泻懈 4 蟹褨褉芯褔泻懈.
August 30, 2024
袗褏邪褏邪 褑械 斜褍谢芯 写褍卸械 锌芯谐邪薪芯, 褌褍锌懈泄 谐械褉芯泄 蟹 锌褋懈褏褨褔薪懈屑懈 锌芯褉褍褕械薪薪褟屑懈 褨 蟹斜褉芯褦褞 胁 褉褍泻邪褏.
孝褍褌 薪械 斜褍谢芯 褌芯谐芯 褔芯褉薪芯谐芯 谐褍屑芯褉褍 锌褉芯 褟泻懈泄 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪芯 胁 邪薪芯褌邪褑褨褩, 薪褨褟泻芯谐芯 褉芯蟹褔谢械薪褍胁邪薪薪褟, 泻芯褉芯褔械 泻邪卸褍褔懈 薪褨褔芯谐芯 褑褨泻邪胁芯谐芯
袚芯谢芯胁薪懈泄 谐械褉芯泄 胁斜懈胁邪褦 胁褋褨褏 锌褨写褉褟写, 褏褌芯 锌褉芯褋褌芯 写懈褏薪褍胁 胁 泄芯谐芯 褋褌芯褉芯薪褍, 锌邪褉邪谢械谢褜薪芯 褋褌褉邪卸写邪褦 褖芯 薪械 屑芯卸械 蟹薪邪泄褌懈 写褨胁褔懈薪褍, 褏芯褔邪 褟泻 蟹薪邪褏芯写懈褌褜 芯写褉邪蟹褍 胁斜懈胁邪褦 褩褏 斜芯 泄芯屑褍 褌邪泻 薪邪泻邪蟹褍褞褌褜 泄芯谐芯 斜芯褋懈. 袩谢褞褋 褉芯蟹屑芯胁谢褟褦 蟹 锌芯屑械褉谢芯褞 屑邪屑芯褞. 袡芯屑褍 斜 薪械 写褨胁褔懈薪褍 褕褍泻邪褌懈, 邪 谐谢褟薪褍褌懈 薪邪 褋胁芯褩褏 斜芯褋褨胁, 褟泻褨 泄芯谐芯 胁懈泻芯褉懈褋褌芯胁褍褞褌褜 褟泻 锌械褋懈泻邪, 邪 泻褉邪褖械 锌褨褌懈 写芯 锌褋懈褏芯褌械褉邪锌械胁褌邪
啸芯褔邪 褑械 胁卸械 薪械 写芯锌芯屑芯卸械 泄芯屑褍. 袣褨薪褑褨胁泻邪, 写芯 褉械褔褨 锌械褉械写斜邪褔褍胁邪薪邪 薪邪 褋褌芯 胁褨写褋芯褌泻褨胁.
袙褋械 褖芯 斜褍谢芯 薪械锌芯谐邪薪械 胁 褑褨泄 泻薪懈蟹褨 褑械 褋褌懈谢褜 屑芯胁谢械薪薪褟 邪胁褌芯褉邪, 邪谢械 褌械 褖芯 胁褨薪 锌懈褕械 褑懈屑懈 褋谢芯胁邪屑懈 锌芯胁薪懈泄 褌褉械褕 褨 蟹薪械褑褨薪械薪薪褟 卸褨薪芯泻
孝褍褌 薪械 斜褍谢芯 褌芯谐芯 褔芯褉薪芯谐芯 谐褍屑芯褉褍 锌褉芯 褟泻懈泄 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪芯 胁 邪薪芯褌邪褑褨褩, 薪褨褟泻芯谐芯 褉芯蟹褔谢械薪褍胁邪薪薪褟, 泻芯褉芯褔械 泻邪卸褍褔懈 薪褨褔芯谐芯 褑褨泻邪胁芯谐芯
袚芯谢芯胁薪懈泄 谐械褉芯泄 胁斜懈胁邪褦 胁褋褨褏 锌褨写褉褟写, 褏褌芯 锌褉芯褋褌芯 写懈褏薪褍胁 胁 泄芯谐芯 褋褌芯褉芯薪褍, 锌邪褉邪谢械谢褜薪芯 褋褌褉邪卸写邪褦 褖芯 薪械 屑芯卸械 蟹薪邪泄褌懈 写褨胁褔懈薪褍, 褏芯褔邪 褟泻 蟹薪邪褏芯写懈褌褜 芯写褉邪蟹褍 胁斜懈胁邪褦 褩褏 斜芯 泄芯屑褍 褌邪泻 薪邪泻邪蟹褍褞褌褜 泄芯谐芯 斜芯褋懈. 袩谢褞褋 褉芯蟹屑芯胁谢褟褦 蟹 锌芯屑械褉谢芯褞 屑邪屑芯褞. 袡芯屑褍 斜 薪械 写褨胁褔懈薪褍 褕褍泻邪褌懈, 邪 谐谢褟薪褍褌懈 薪邪 褋胁芯褩褏 斜芯褋褨胁, 褟泻褨 泄芯谐芯 胁懈泻芯褉懈褋褌芯胁褍褞褌褜 褟泻 锌械褋懈泻邪, 邪 泻褉邪褖械 锌褨褌懈 写芯 锌褋懈褏芯褌械褉邪锌械胁褌邪
啸芯褔邪 褑械 胁卸械 薪械 写芯锌芯屑芯卸械 泄芯屑褍. 袣褨薪褑褨胁泻邪, 写芯 褉械褔褨 锌械褉械写斜邪褔褍胁邪薪邪 薪邪 褋褌芯 胁褨写褋芯褌泻褨胁.
袙褋械 褖芯 斜褍谢芯 薪械锌芯谐邪薪械 胁 褑褨泄 泻薪懈蟹褨 褑械 褋褌懈谢褜 屑芯胁谢械薪薪褟 邪胁褌芯褉邪, 邪谢械 褌械 褖芯 胁褨薪 锌懈褕械 褑懈屑懈 褋谢芯胁邪屑懈 锌芯胁薪懈泄 褌褉械褕 褨 蟹薪械褑褨薪械薪薪褟 卸褨薪芯泻
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October 6, 2020
The book could not decide what genre it wants to be. Starts as a comedy (but a rather poor attempt at that), proceeds as a crime thriller and ends with action bang bang. The middle was probably the strongest part, everything else was meh.
February 3, 2009
Not to everyone's taste - the title gives that away but i found this book hilarious one of the funniest books i have read in a long time - can't remember laughing so much since Wilt!!
December 31, 2024
袧械 锌邪屑'褟褌邪褞 卸芯写薪芯谐芯 褌褉懈谢械褉邪, 蟹 褟泻芯谐芯 斜 褟 褋屑褨褟谢邪褋褟 褌邪泻 褋懈谢褜薪芯. 袛褍卸械 褔芯褉薪邪 泻芯屑械写褨褟, 褟泻褍 芯褋芯斜懈褋褌芯 褟 胁胁邪卸邪褞 褋屑褨褕薪芯褞 (褑械 谢懈褕械 屑芯褩 胁褉邪卸械薪薪褟, 薪褨泻芯屑褍 褩褏 薪械 薪邪胁'褟蟹褍褞!) 孝邪泻, 褌芯 褔芯褉薪懈泄 谐褍屑芯褉, 邪谢械 胁褋械 褌邪泻 谢械谐泻芯 褨 褋褌懈谢褜薪芯 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪芯, 褖芯 褟 薪械 屑芯谐谢邪 褋械斜械 蟹屑褍褋懈褌懈 蟹邪褋褍写卸褍胁邪褌懈 谐芯谢芯胁薪芯谐芯 谐械褉芯褟 (褏芯褔 胁褨薪 褋泻芯褩胁 写械褋褟褌泻懈 胁斜懈胁褋褌胁), 薪邪胁锌邪泻懈 - 褟 泄芯屑褍 褋锌褨胁褔褍胁邪谢邪, 褋锌褨胁锌械褉械卸懈胁邪谢邪 蟹 薪懈屑, 邪 写械褟泻褨 胁褔懈薪泻懈 泻褨谢械褉邪 屑械薪械 锌褉芯褋褌芯 褉芯蟹褔褍谢褞胁邪谢懈 (薪邪锌褉懈泻谢邪写, 锌芯谐芯写褍胁邪胁 泻芯褌懈泻邪 锌褨褋谢褟 褌芯谐芯, 褟泻 褍斜懈胁 泄芯谐芯 谐芯褋锌芯写邪褉褟). 袧械 蟹薪邪褞, 褔懈 褑械 邪胁褌芯褉 谐械薪褨邪谢褜薪懈泄, 褔懈 屑芯褟 写械锌褉械褋褨褟 锌褉懈蟹胁械谢邪 写芯 褌芯谐芯, 褖芯 褟 胁斜芯谢褨胁邪褞 蟹邪 胁斜懈胁褑褞? 馃
袣薪懈谐邪 褌芯褉泻邪褦褌褜褋褟 锌懈褌邪薪薪褟 褋邪屑芯褌薪芯褋褌褨 褍 薪邪泄胁懈泻褉懈胁谢械薪褨褕懈泄 褋锌芯褋褨斜. 孝邪泻邪 谐薪褨褌褞褔邪 褌械屑邪, 邪谢械 褉芯蟹泻邪蟹邪薪邪 锌芯 褋褍褌褨, 邪 褖械 - 蟹 斜谢懈褋泻褍褔懈屑 谐褍屑芯褉芯屑. 袉 褟 写芯斜褉械 褉芯蟹褍屑褨褞 袉邪薪邪 胁 褑褜芯屑褍 锌谢邪薪褨. 袧邪胁褨褌褜 泄芯谐芯 褉芯蟹屑芯胁懈 蟹 谢褞写褜屑懈, 褟泻懈褏 薪械屑邪 锌芯褉褟写, 斜邪 斜褨谢褜褕械 - 薪械屑邪褦 胁 卸懈胁懈褏 - 褍褋械 褑械 褟 褌械卸 褉芯蟹褍屑褨褞. 小邪屑芯褌薪褨褋褌褜 - 褑械 写褍卸械 薪械褋褌械褉锌薪芯. 袧邪胁褨褌褜 泻芯褌懈泻 锌芯褉褍褔 薪械 蟹邪胁卸写懈 写芯锌芯屑邪谐邪褦.
孝邪泻, 谢褨褉懈褔薪懈泄 胁褨写褋褌褍锌 蟹邪泻褨薪褔械薪芯. 袩芯胁械褉褌邪褦屑芯褋褟 写芯 些芯写械薪薪懈泻邪.
小褞卸械褌 褨写械邪谢褜薪懈泄.
袚芯谢芯胁薪懈泄 谐械褉芯泄 泻褉褍褌懈泄, 胁械褋械谢懈泄 褨 褟胁薪芯 斜芯卸械胁褨谢褜薪懈泄, 邪谢械 褏邪泄 褌邪屑 褟泻, 褑械泄 褍斜懈胁褑褟 褔褍写芯胁懈泄. 校褋褨 泄芯谐芯 屑褉褨褩 - 锌褉芯 褌械, 褖芯斜 蟹薪邪泄褌懈 褨写械邪谢褜薪褍 写褨胁褔懈薪褍 褨 褋褌胁芯褉懈褌懈 褋褨屑'褞, 屑邪褌懈 写褨褌芯褔芯泻, 卸懈褌懈 褟泻 褍褋褨. 袙褨薪 薪械 写褍屑邪褦 锌褉芯 褌械, 褟泻 斜懈 胁斜懈褌懈 锌芯斜褨谢褜褕械 谢褞写械泄, 胁褨薪 薪械 蟹邪褑懈泻谢械薪懈泄 薪邪 褑褜芯屑褍. 袛谢褟 薪褜芯谐芯 褑械 锌褉芯褋褌芯 褉芯斜芯褌邪, 屑邪泄卸械 褌邪泻邪, 褟泻 褍褋褨 褨薪褕褨, 褌褨谢褜泻懈 褌褍褌 锌芯褌褉褨斜薪芯 斜褍褌懈 锌懈谢褜薪懈屑, 芯斜械褉械卸薪懈屑, 薪械 谢懈褕邪褌懈 褋谢褨写褨胁 褨 锌褉懈斜懈褉邪褌懈 胁懈锌邪写泻芯胁懈褏 褋胁褨写泻褨胁, 薪邪胁褨褌褜 褟泻褖芯 褋胁褨写芯泻 - 褌胁芯褟 薪芯胁邪 写褨胁褔懈薪邪. 袩械胁薪芯, 褌芯屑褍 胁 袉邪薪邪 泄 薪械 褋泻谢邪写邪褦褌褜褋褟 蟹 芯褋芯斜懈褋褌懈屑 卸懈褌褌褟屑, - 蟹邪薪邪写褌芯 斜邪谐邪褌芯 褋胁芯褩褏 锌芯褌械薪褑褨泄薪懈褏 写褉褍卸懈薪 泄芯屑褍 写芯胁械谢芯褋褟 谐褉芯褏薪褍褌懈. 袉 胁褨薪 褋锌褉邪胁写褨 褖懈褉芯 写懈胁褍褦褌褜褋褟, 褔芯屑褍 卸 泄芯屑褍 褌邪泻 薪械 褖邪褋褌懈褌褜, 褔芯屑褍 胁褨薪 薪褨褟泻 薪械 屑芯卸械 蟹褍褋褌褉褨褌懈 泻芯褏邪薪薪褟 胁褋褜芯谐芯 卸懈褌褌褟. 馃槄
袦械薪褨 泻薪懈谐邪 褋锌芯写芯斜邪谢邪褋褟.
袗 芯褌 褉邪写懈褌懈 褩褩 泻芯屑褍褋褜 褟 薪械 褉懈蟹懈泻薪褍. 校 薪褨泄 泻褍锌邪 褌褉懈谐械褉褨胁, 薪械褑械薪蟹褍褉薪芯褩 谢邪泄泻懈 (褟泻邪 薪邪 写懈胁芯 泻褉邪褋懈胁芯 胁锌懈褋邪薪邪 胁 褌械泻褋褌), 泻褉芯胁褨 薪械 薪邪写褌芯 斜邪谐邪褌芯, 邪谢械 胁斜懈胁褋褌胁邪 褦 胁斜懈胁褋褌胁邪. 馃し
袣薪懈谐邪 褌芯褉泻邪褦褌褜褋褟 锌懈褌邪薪薪褟 褋邪屑芯褌薪芯褋褌褨 褍 薪邪泄胁懈泻褉懈胁谢械薪褨褕懈泄 褋锌芯褋褨斜. 孝邪泻邪 谐薪褨褌褞褔邪 褌械屑邪, 邪谢械 褉芯蟹泻邪蟹邪薪邪 锌芯 褋褍褌褨, 邪 褖械 - 蟹 斜谢懈褋泻褍褔懈屑 谐褍屑芯褉芯屑. 袉 褟 写芯斜褉械 褉芯蟹褍屑褨褞 袉邪薪邪 胁 褑褜芯屑褍 锌谢邪薪褨. 袧邪胁褨褌褜 泄芯谐芯 褉芯蟹屑芯胁懈 蟹 谢褞写褜屑懈, 褟泻懈褏 薪械屑邪 锌芯褉褟写, 斜邪 斜褨谢褜褕械 - 薪械屑邪褦 胁 卸懈胁懈褏 - 褍褋械 褑械 褟 褌械卸 褉芯蟹褍屑褨褞. 小邪屑芯褌薪褨褋褌褜 - 褑械 写褍卸械 薪械褋褌械褉锌薪芯. 袧邪胁褨褌褜 泻芯褌懈泻 锌芯褉褍褔 薪械 蟹邪胁卸写懈 写芯锌芯屑邪谐邪褦.
孝邪泻, 谢褨褉懈褔薪懈泄 胁褨写褋褌褍锌 蟹邪泻褨薪褔械薪芯. 袩芯胁械褉褌邪褦屑芯褋褟 写芯 些芯写械薪薪懈泻邪.
小褞卸械褌 褨写械邪谢褜薪懈泄.
袚芯谢芯胁薪懈泄 谐械褉芯泄 泻褉褍褌懈泄, 胁械褋械谢懈泄 褨 褟胁薪芯 斜芯卸械胁褨谢褜薪懈泄, 邪谢械 褏邪泄 褌邪屑 褟泻, 褑械泄 褍斜懈胁褑褟 褔褍写芯胁懈泄. 校褋褨 泄芯谐芯 屑褉褨褩 - 锌褉芯 褌械, 褖芯斜 蟹薪邪泄褌懈 褨写械邪谢褜薪褍 写褨胁褔懈薪褍 褨 褋褌胁芯褉懈褌懈 褋褨屑'褞, 屑邪褌懈 写褨褌芯褔芯泻, 卸懈褌懈 褟泻 褍褋褨. 袙褨薪 薪械 写褍屑邪褦 锌褉芯 褌械, 褟泻 斜懈 胁斜懈褌懈 锌芯斜褨谢褜褕械 谢褞写械泄, 胁褨薪 薪械 蟹邪褑懈泻谢械薪懈泄 薪邪 褑褜芯屑褍. 袛谢褟 薪褜芯谐芯 褑械 锌褉芯褋褌芯 褉芯斜芯褌邪, 屑邪泄卸械 褌邪泻邪, 褟泻 褍褋褨 褨薪褕褨, 褌褨谢褜泻懈 褌褍褌 锌芯褌褉褨斜薪芯 斜褍褌懈 锌懈谢褜薪懈屑, 芯斜械褉械卸薪懈屑, 薪械 谢懈褕邪褌懈 褋谢褨写褨胁 褨 锌褉懈斜懈褉邪褌懈 胁懈锌邪写泻芯胁懈褏 褋胁褨写泻褨胁, 薪邪胁褨褌褜 褟泻褖芯 褋胁褨写芯泻 - 褌胁芯褟 薪芯胁邪 写褨胁褔懈薪邪. 袩械胁薪芯, 褌芯屑褍 胁 袉邪薪邪 泄 薪械 褋泻谢邪写邪褦褌褜褋褟 蟹 芯褋芯斜懈褋褌懈屑 卸懈褌褌褟屑, - 蟹邪薪邪写褌芯 斜邪谐邪褌芯 褋胁芯褩褏 锌芯褌械薪褑褨泄薪懈褏 写褉褍卸懈薪 泄芯屑褍 写芯胁械谢芯褋褟 谐褉芯褏薪褍褌懈. 袉 胁褨薪 褋锌褉邪胁写褨 褖懈褉芯 写懈胁褍褦褌褜褋褟, 褔芯屑褍 卸 泄芯屑褍 褌邪泻 薪械 褖邪褋褌懈褌褜, 褔芯屑褍 胁褨薪 薪褨褟泻 薪械 屑芯卸械 蟹褍褋褌褉褨褌懈 泻芯褏邪薪薪褟 胁褋褜芯谐芯 卸懈褌褌褟. 馃槄
袦械薪褨 泻薪懈谐邪 褋锌芯写芯斜邪谢邪褋褟.
袗 芯褌 褉邪写懈褌懈 褩褩 泻芯屑褍褋褜 褟 薪械 褉懈蟹懈泻薪褍. 校 薪褨泄 泻褍锌邪 褌褉懈谐械褉褨胁, 薪械褑械薪蟹褍褉薪芯褩 谢邪泄泻懈 (褟泻邪 薪邪 写懈胁芯 泻褉邪褋懈胁芯 胁锌懈褋邪薪邪 胁 褌械泻褋褌), 泻褉芯胁褨 薪械 薪邪写褌芯 斜邪谐邪褌芯, 邪谢械 胁斜懈胁褋褌胁邪 褦 胁斜懈胁褋褌胁邪. 馃し
January 17, 2024
袟胁邪卸邪褞褔懈 邪薪芯褌邪褑褨褞 褌邪 蟹邪褏芯锌谢械薪褨 胁褨写谐褍泻懈, 胁褨写 芦些芯写械薪薪懈泻邪 泻褨谢械褉邪禄 邪胁褌芯褉褋褌胁邪 袛械薪薪褨 袣褨薪谐邪 褟 芯褔褨泻褍胁邪胁: 褔芯褉薪芯谐芯 谐褍屑芯褉褍 褌邪 胁鈥櫻椥葱恍感残拘承� 褋邪褉泻邪蟹屑褍, 褑懈薪褨褔薪懈褏 褨 斜褉褍褌邪谢褜薪懈褏 锌械褉褋芯薪邪卸褨胁, 褕芯泻褍褞褔懈褏 褋褑械薪 胁斜懈胁褋褌胁邪 褌芯褖芯. 袟邪屑褨褋褌褜 褑褜芯谐芯 褟 芯褌褉懈屑邪胁 褕屑邪褉泻谢褟胁褍 写褉邪屑褍, 蟹 写胁芯屑邪 邪斜蟹邪褑邪屑懈 锌芯褋械褉械写薪褜芯谐芯 谐褍屑芯褉褍 褨 薪褍写薪械 薪懈褌褌褟 屑械褉褨褋褜褞褕薪芯谐芯 锌械褉褋芯薪邪卸邪, 褟泻懈泄 蟹邪锌邪屑鈥櫻徰傂把斞傃屟佈� 褏褨斜邪 褖芯 锌芯褋褌褨泄薪懈屑懈 褋胁邪褉泻邪屑懈 蟹褨 褋胁芯褦褞 写邪胁薪芯 锌芯屑械褉谢芯褞, 锌褉懈褔屑械谢械薪芯褞 屑邪褌褨薪泻芯褞. 孝邪 泄 褋胁邪褉泻懈 褋褏芯卸褨 芯写薪邪 薪邪 芯写薪褍, 褟泻 褉褨写薪褨 褋械褋褌褉懈, 褌芯卸 泻芯谢懈 蟹褍褋褌褉褨褔邪褦褕 胁 褌械泻褋褌褨 褩褏薪褨 写褨邪谢芯谐懈 胁锌鈥櫻徰傂�, 锌褉芯褋褌芯 锌褉芯锌褍褋泻邪褦褕. 袘芯 褌械, 褖芯 屑邪谢芯 斜褍褌懈 写芯褌械锌薪懈屑 褨 屑褍褋懈谢芯 锌褨写褋胁褨褔褍胁邪褌懈 屑芯褉邪谢褜薪褨 褌懈 锌褋懈褏芯谢芯谐褨褔薪褨 写懈谢械屑懈 谐芯谢芯胁薪芯谐芯 谐械褉芯褟, 褋褌邪褦 锌褉芯褋褌芯 薪褍写薪懈屑, 薪邪斜褉懈写谢懈胁懈屑 屑懈屑褉械薪薪褟屑 写械褋褜 薪邪 褎芯薪褨.
小褞卸械褌 胁褨写 袣褨薪谐邪 蟹邪褔邪褋褌褍 邪谢芯谐褨褔薪懈泄 褌邪 褕邪斜谢芯薪薪懈泄, 锌械褉褋芯薪邪卸褨 锌褉褨褋薪褨 褨 薪褍写薪褨, 谐芯谢芯胁薪懈泄 谐械褉芯泄 斜械蟹褋屑械褉褌薪懈泄 (邪斜芯 薪邪写蟹胁懈褔邪泄薪芯 胁械蟹褍褔懈泄) 斜芯胁写褍褉, 褟泻芯屑褍 胁邪谢懈褌懈 褏褨斜邪 褖芯 鈥溠傃栄傃冄埿拘衡€� 薪邪 锌邪褉泻芯胁泻邪褏, 斜芯 胁邪卸泻芯 褍褟胁懈褌懈 褋芯斜褨 褍褋锌褨褕薪芯谐芯 胁斜懈胁褑褞, 褍 褟泻芯谐芯 胁褨写褋褍褌薪褦 谢芯谐褨褔薪械 屑懈褋谢械薪薪褟 褌邪 褏芯褔邪 斜 屑褨薪褨屑邪谢褜薪褨 邪薪邪谢褨褌懈褔薪褨 蟹邪写邪褌泻懈.
小褞卸械褌 胁褨写 袣褨薪谐邪 蟹邪褔邪褋褌褍 邪谢芯谐褨褔薪懈泄 褌邪 褕邪斜谢芯薪薪懈泄, 锌械褉褋芯薪邪卸褨 锌褉褨褋薪褨 褨 薪褍写薪褨, 谐芯谢芯胁薪懈泄 谐械褉芯泄 斜械蟹褋屑械褉褌薪懈泄 (邪斜芯 薪邪写蟹胁懈褔邪泄薪芯 胁械蟹褍褔懈泄) 斜芯胁写褍褉, 褟泻芯屑褍 胁邪谢懈褌懈 褏褨斜邪 褖芯 鈥溠傃栄傃冄埿拘衡€� 薪邪 锌邪褉泻芯胁泻邪褏, 斜芯 胁邪卸泻芯 褍褟胁懈褌懈 褋芯斜褨 褍褋锌褨褕薪芯谐芯 胁斜懈胁褑褞, 褍 褟泻芯谐芯 胁褨写褋褍褌薪褦 谢芯谐褨褔薪械 屑懈褋谢械薪薪褟 褌邪 褏芯褔邪 斜 屑褨薪褨屑邪谢褜薪褨 邪薪邪谢褨褌懈褔薪褨 蟹邪写邪褌泻懈.
January 4, 2025
袨, 褑械 写褍卸械 写懈胁薪邪 褨 褏懈屑械褉薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪, 谐芯谢芯胁薪懈泄 谐械褉芯泄 褟泻芯褩, 屑邪谢芯 褌芯谐芯, 褖芯 泻褨谢械褉, 褟泻懈泄 薪械 屑邪褦 锌芯褔褍褌褌褟 卸邪谢褞 褔懈 写芯泻芯褉褨胁 褋褍屑谢褨薪薪褟, 邪 褖械 泄 写芯 薪褜芯谐芯 屑邪褦 斜褍褌懈 斜邪谐邪褑褜泻芯 蟹邪锌懈褌邪薪褜 褍 锌褋懈褏芯褌械褉邪锌械胁褌邪.
袗写卸械 袉邪薪 - 锌褉懈泻谢邪写 泻褍锌懈 锌褉芯斜谢械屑, 褉芯蟹谢邪写褨胁 褨 写褨邪谐薪芯蟹褨胁, 褟泻懈泄 泻懈写邪褦褌褜褋褟 写芯 泻芯卸薪芯褩 褋锌褨写薪懈褑褨 褍 锌芯褕褍泻邪褏 泻芯褏邪薪薪褟, 褌械锌谢邪 褨 谢邪褋泻懈, 褟泻芯褩 泄芯屑褍 斜褉邪泻褍褦 胁褋械 卸懈褌褌褟, 薪邪屑邪谐邪褞褔懈褋褜 褌邪泻懈屑 褔懈薪芯屑 蟹邪谢邪褌邪褌懈 褋胁芯褩 写褨褉懈.
袩褋懈褏芯谢芯谐褨褔薪褨 褌褉邪胁屑懈 写懈褌懈薪褋褌胁邪 褨 芯褋芯斜谢懈胁芯褋褌褨 褉芯斜芯褌懈 屑芯蟹泻褍. 小邪屑芯芯褑褨薪泻邪 褟泻 褔芯谢芯胁褨泻邪 - 薪懈卸褔械 锌谢褨薪褌褍褋邪. 馃し
袚械褉芯泄 褍 谐芯谢芯胁褨 锌芯褋褌褨泄薪芯 胁械写械 写褨邪谢芯谐懈 褨蟹 锌芯屑械褉谢芯褞 屑邪褌褨褉'褞, 褋锌械褉械褔邪褦褌褜褋褟 褨 褋胁邪褉懈褌褜褋褟 蟹 薪械褞, 薪褍 褨 蟹 胁斜懈褌懈屑懈 薪懈屑 锌邪褋褨褟屑懈.馃槄
袗 泄芯谐芯 屑褉褨褟 - 褟泻邪褋褜 卸褨薪泻邪 褨蟹 薪械胁懈谢褨泻芯胁薪芯褞 褏胁芯褉芯斜芯褞. 小褌褉邪卸写邪薪薪褟 - 薪邪褕械 胁褋械. 馃う
袉 薪邪褉械褕褌褨 袉邪薪 蟹薪邪褏芯写懈褌褜 褌褍, 泻芯褌褉褍 褕褍泻邪胁 褍褋械 卸懈褌褌褟, 褌邪 褔懈 斜褍写褍褌褜 胁芯薪懈 褉邪蟹芯屑, 锌褉芯锌芯薪褍褞 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪褌懈 褋邪屑芯褋褌褨泄薪芯. 馃榿
袩械褉械泻谢邪写 泻薪懈谐懈 泻谢邪褋薪懈泄, 邪褌屑芯褋褎械褉薪懈泄, 邪谢械 褌邪屑 泻褍锌邪 屑邪褌褞泻褨胁. 袗谢械 卸 褟泻 褉械邪谢褨褋褌懈褔薪芯. 馃檲
袗斜褋芯谢褞褌薪芯 薪械 屑褨泄 卸邪薪褉, 蟹邪泻褉懈胁邪胁邪, 褏芯褔邪 斜褍谢邪 泄 泻褍锌邪 褋屑褨褕薪懈褏 屑芯屑械薪褌褨胁.
袗 胁褨写 写械褟泻懈褏 - 褕芯泻.馃く
袗写卸械 袉邪薪 - 锌褉懈泻谢邪写 泻褍锌懈 锌褉芯斜谢械屑, 褉芯蟹谢邪写褨胁 褨 写褨邪谐薪芯蟹褨胁, 褟泻懈泄 泻懈写邪褦褌褜褋褟 写芯 泻芯卸薪芯褩 褋锌褨写薪懈褑褨 褍 锌芯褕褍泻邪褏 泻芯褏邪薪薪褟, 褌械锌谢邪 褨 谢邪褋泻懈, 褟泻芯褩 泄芯屑褍 斜褉邪泻褍褦 胁褋械 卸懈褌褌褟, 薪邪屑邪谐邪褞褔懈褋褜 褌邪泻懈屑 褔懈薪芯屑 蟹邪谢邪褌邪褌懈 褋胁芯褩 写褨褉懈.
袩褋懈褏芯谢芯谐褨褔薪褨 褌褉邪胁屑懈 写懈褌懈薪褋褌胁邪 褨 芯褋芯斜谢懈胁芯褋褌褨 褉芯斜芯褌懈 屑芯蟹泻褍. 小邪屑芯芯褑褨薪泻邪 褟泻 褔芯谢芯胁褨泻邪 - 薪懈卸褔械 锌谢褨薪褌褍褋邪. 馃し
袚械褉芯泄 褍 谐芯谢芯胁褨 锌芯褋褌褨泄薪芯 胁械写械 写褨邪谢芯谐懈 褨蟹 锌芯屑械褉谢芯褞 屑邪褌褨褉'褞, 褋锌械褉械褔邪褦褌褜褋褟 褨 褋胁邪褉懈褌褜褋褟 蟹 薪械褞, 薪褍 褨 蟹 胁斜懈褌懈屑懈 薪懈屑 锌邪褋褨褟屑懈.馃槄
袗 泄芯谐芯 屑褉褨褟 - 褟泻邪褋褜 卸褨薪泻邪 褨蟹 薪械胁懈谢褨泻芯胁薪芯褞 褏胁芯褉芯斜芯褞. 小褌褉邪卸写邪薪薪褟 - 薪邪褕械 胁褋械. 馃う
袉 薪邪褉械褕褌褨 袉邪薪 蟹薪邪褏芯写懈褌褜 褌褍, 泻芯褌褉褍 褕褍泻邪胁 褍褋械 卸懈褌褌褟, 褌邪 褔懈 斜褍写褍褌褜 胁芯薪懈 褉邪蟹芯屑, 锌褉芯锌芯薪褍褞 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪褌懈 褋邪屑芯褋褌褨泄薪芯. 馃榿
袩械褉械泻谢邪写 泻薪懈谐懈 泻谢邪褋薪懈泄, 邪褌屑芯褋褎械褉薪懈泄, 邪谢械 褌邪屑 泻褍锌邪 屑邪褌褞泻褨胁. 袗谢械 卸 褟泻 褉械邪谢褨褋褌懈褔薪芯. 馃檲
袗斜褋芯谢褞褌薪芯 薪械 屑褨泄 卸邪薪褉, 蟹邪泻褉懈胁邪胁邪, 褏芯褔邪 斜褍谢邪 泄 泻褍锌邪 褋屑褨褕薪懈褏 屑芯屑械薪褌褨胁.
袗 胁褨写 写械褟泻懈褏 - 褕芯泻.馃く
May 11, 2024
效懈 褋锌芯写芯斜邪谢邪褋褜 屑械薪褨 泻薪懈谐邪? - 袟邪谐邪谢芯屑, 褌邪泻. 笑械 写芯褋懈褌褜 斜邪写褜芯褉懈泄, 褔械褉薪褍褕薪懈泄 械泻褕械薪, 斜械蟹 锌褉械褌械薪蟹褨褩 薪邪 褋泻谢邪写薪懈泄 褋褞卸械褌, 邪谢械 写芯褋懈褌褜 薪械锌芯谐邪薪芯 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪懈泄. 孝褍褌 褦 谐邪褉薪芯 锌褉芯锌懈褋邪薪褨 锌械褉褋芯薪邪卸褨, 褋屑褨褕薪褨 屑芯屑械薪褌懈, 褨 薪邪胁褨褌褜 褌褉芯褏懈 芦褉芯蟹胁懈褌泻褍 谐械褉芯褟禄 蟹褨 褋胁芯褩屑, 褟泻懈屑-薪械-褟泻懈屑, 泻芯薪褎谢褨泻褌芯屑. 袗谢械 - 褑械 薪械 褨薪褌械谢械泻褌褍邪谢褜薪械 褔褌懈胁芯. 袗 斜褨谢褜褕械 褟泻 - 芦泻薪懈谐邪 薪邪 胁械褔褨褉禄. 袧械 芯褔褨泻褍泄褌械 胁褨写 薪械褩 斜邪谐邪褌芯. 袧褍 褨 褟泻褖芯 胁懈 薪械 谢褞斜懈褌械谢褜 褔芯褉薪芯谐芯 谐褍屑芯褉褍 褨 屑芯褉械 泻褉芯胁褨 - 褌芯 褑械, 褟胁薪芯, 薪械 胁邪褕 胁邪褉褨邪薪褌.
March 7, 2020
Ian Bridges is an interesting construct. There are parts of this book that are laugh out loud funny. The Author does a good job with Ian's internal workings. I liked this book, and I enjoyed the story. Not my favorite along this line. For that, there is no better hit-man than Keller in Lawrence Block's series. Still, this was worth the read for me.
January 6, 2024
袩芯谐邪薪懈泄 锌械褉械泻谢邪写 褍泻褉邪褩薪褋褜泻芯褞: 斜械蟹谢褨褔 薪械写芯谢邪写薪芯 蟹邪褋褌芯褋芯胁邪薪芯谐芯 屑邪褌褞褔褔褟 褨 褋谢械薪谐芯胁芯-屑械屑薪懈褏 褎褉邪蟹, 褟泻褨, 屑邪斜褍褌褜, 屑邪谢懈 邪写邪锌褌褍胁邪褌懈 斜褉懈褌邪薪褋褜泻褍 谢邪泄泻褍 写芯 褍泻褉邪褩薪褋褜泻芯谐芯 褋锌褉懈泄薪褟褌褌褟, 邪谢械 胁懈泄褕谢芯 胁褍谢褜谐邪褉薪芯 褨 褟泻芯褋褜 锌芯-写懈褌褟褔芯屑褍
小邪屑 褋褞卸械褌 屑芯卸械 斜褍褌懈, 屑褨褋褑褟屑懈 褋屑褨褕薪芯, 屑褨褋褑褟屑懈 褕泻芯写邪 谐谐, 屑褨褋褑褟屑懈 谐谐 写褉邪褌褍褦. 袧械褋泻谢邪写薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪 薪邪 芯写懈薪 褉邪蟹, 邪谢械 蟹褨锌褋芯胁邪薪邪 锌械褉械泻谢邪写芯屑
3 谐谢芯泻褨胁 蟹 5 蟹邪 褋褞卸械褌, 屑褨薪褍褋 芯写懈薪 蟹邪 锌械褉械泻谢邪写
小邪屑 褋褞卸械褌 屑芯卸械 斜褍褌懈, 屑褨褋褑褟屑懈 褋屑褨褕薪芯, 屑褨褋褑褟屑懈 褕泻芯写邪 谐谐, 屑褨褋褑褟屑懈 谐谐 写褉邪褌褍褦. 袧械褋泻谢邪写薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪 薪邪 芯写懈薪 褉邪蟹, 邪谢械 蟹褨锌褋芯胁邪薪邪 锌械褉械泻谢邪写芯屑
3 谐谢芯泻褨胁 蟹 5 蟹邪 褋褞卸械褌, 屑褨薪褍褋 芯写懈薪 蟹邪 锌械褉械泻谢邪写
February 14, 2024
袧械芯褔褨泻褍胁邪薪芯 褑褨泻邪胁邪, 蟹邪褏芯锌谢褞褞褔邪 泻薪懈谐邪 写谢褟 褏谢芯锌褔懈泻褨胁, 胁褨泻芯屑 胁褨写 25 写芯 40))
袣薪懈谐邪 褍 褋褌懈谢褨 泻褉邪褖懈褏 泻褍谢褜褌芯胁懈褏 斜褉懈褌邪薪褋褜泻懈褏 斜芯泄芯胁懈泻褨胁, 褌懈锌褍 "袣邪褉褌懈, 谐褉芯褕褨, 写胁邪 褋褌胁芯谢懈".
效懈褌邪褦褌褜褋褟 谢械谐泻芯, 褕胁懈写泻芯, 蟹邪褏芯锌谢褞褞褔械, 褕胁懈写泻芯. 袗谢械 屑邪斜褍褌褜 褋褍褌芯 写谢褟 褔芯谢芯胁褨泻褨胁. 袧械褑械薪蟹褍褉薪邪 谢械泻褋懈泻邪, 褋械泻褋懈蟹屑, 锌褉芯锌邪谐邪薪写邪 胁褋褜芯谐芯 薪邪泄泻褉锟斤拷褖芯谐芯)
袦芯谐谢芯 斜 斜褍褌懈 褨 5, 邪谢械 胁褋械 薪械 薪邪褋褌褨谢褜泻懈 褋械褉泄芯蟹薪芯 褨 谐谢懈斜芯泻芯)
4/5
袣薪懈谐邪 褍 褋褌懈谢褨 泻褉邪褖懈褏 泻褍谢褜褌芯胁懈褏 斜褉懈褌邪薪褋褜泻懈褏 斜芯泄芯胁懈泻褨胁, 褌懈锌褍 "袣邪褉褌懈, 谐褉芯褕褨, 写胁邪 褋褌胁芯谢懈".
效懈褌邪褦褌褜褋褟 谢械谐泻芯, 褕胁懈写泻芯, 蟹邪褏芯锌谢褞褞褔械, 褕胁懈写泻芯. 袗谢械 屑邪斜褍褌褜 褋褍褌芯 写谢褟 褔芯谢芯胁褨泻褨胁. 袧械褑械薪蟹褍褉薪邪 谢械泻褋懈泻邪, 褋械泻褋懈蟹屑, 锌褉芯锌邪谐邪薪写邪 胁褋褜芯谐芯 薪邪泄泻褉锟斤拷褖芯谐芯)
袦芯谐谢芯 斜 斜褍褌懈 褨 5, 邪谢械 胁褋械 薪械 薪邪褋褌褨谢褜泻懈 褋械褉泄芯蟹薪芯 褨 谐谢懈斜芯泻芯)
4/5
September 22, 2024
袩芯屑褨褌薪芯, 褖芯 邪胁褌芯褉 锌懈褕械 褋褑械薪邪褉褨褩. 效懈褌邪褦褌褜褋褟 褟泻 薪械锌芯谐邪薪懈泄 褎褨谢褜屑 锌芯褔邪褌泻褍 薪褍谢褜芯胁懈褏. 袩芯褔懈薪邪褦褌褜褋褟 褟泻 泻芯屑械写褨褟, 邪谢械 褕胁懈写泻芯 蟹谐芯褉褌邪褦褌褜褋褟 胁 泻褉懈屑褨薪邪谢褜薪懈泄 褌褉懈谢谢械褉. 袧械 锌芯谐芯写卸褍褞褋褜 蟹 胁褨写谐褍泻芯屑, 胁 褟泻芯屑褍 泄褕谢芯褋褟 锌褉芯 褋褏芯卸褨褋褌褜 蟹 褎褨谢褜屑邪屑懈 袚邪褟 袪褨褔褨, 斜芯 褌褍褌 薪邪斜邪谐邪褌芯 锌褉芯褋褌褨褕械 褋褞卸械褌.
袨泻褉械屑邪 锌芯写褟泻邪 袣小袛 褨 锌械褉械泻谢邪写邪褔褍 蟹邪 邪写邪锌褌邪褑褨褞 谢邪泄泻懈. 袧褨褟泻懈褏 "褌褉褟褋褑褟" 褨 褎褉邪蟹械谢芯谐褨蟹屑褨胁 蟹 锌褨写褉褍褔薪懈泻邪 蟹邪 6 泻谢邪褋.
袨泻褉械屑邪 锌芯写褟泻邪 袣小袛 褨 锌械褉械泻谢邪写邪褔褍 蟹邪 邪写邪锌褌邪褑褨褞 谢邪泄泻懈. 袧褨褟泻懈褏 "褌褉褟褋褑褟" 褨 褎褉邪蟹械谢芯谐褨蟹屑褨胁 蟹 锌褨写褉褍褔薪懈泻邪 蟹邪 6 泻谢邪褋.
May 2, 2023
Alot of cursing in this book! I understand that it is supposed to be about a hitman, but I was surprised on how psycho the guy really was! Really well written, just had some parts that were hard to swallow.
February 4, 2024
袩褉芯褋褌懈泄 褋褞卸械褌, 褌褉芯褏懈 褉芯蟹写褍屑褨胁 锌褉芯 写芯谢褞 谐芯谢芯胁薪芯谐芯 谐械褉芯褟, 褟泻褨 锌芯写邪薪褨 薪械薪邪胁'褟蟹谢懈胁芯, 邪 褨薪芯写褨 薪邪胁褨褌褜 写芯褋懈褌褜 泻褍屑械写薪芯 - 胁褋械 褑械 褉芯斜懈褌褜 泻薪懈谐褍 谢械谐泻芯褞 写谢褟 褋锌褉懈泄薪褟褌褌褟. 携 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪谢邪 薪邪 芯写薪芯屑褍 写懈褏邪薪薪褨, 褏芯褔邪 褌邪泻械 蟹褨 屑薪芯褞 褌褉邪锌谢褟褦褌褜褋褟 胁泻褉邪泄 褉褨写泻芯.
March 14, 2025
袧褨斜懈 锌芯谐谢褟薪褍谢邪 褎褨谢褜屑, 邪 薪械 褔懈褌邪谢邪 泻薪懈卸泻褍.
袛懈薪邪屑褨褔薪芯, 屑褨褋褑褟屑懈 胁械褋械谢芯, 屑褨褋褑褟屑懈 "褖芯 褑械 胁蟹邪谐邪谢褨 斜褍谢芯".
携泻褖芯 褕褍泻邪褦褌械 泻薪懈谐褍, 褖芯斜 胁褨写锌芯褔懈褌懈 褨 胁邪褋 薪械 胁褨写谢褟泻褍褦 褔芯褉薪邪 泻芯屑械写褨褟 褨蟹 泻褍锌芯褞 胁斜懈胁褋褌胁 褨 屑邪褌褞泻褨胁, 褌芯 屑芯卸械褌械 褔懈褌邪褌懈.
袛懈薪邪屑褨褔薪芯, 屑褨褋褑褟屑懈 胁械褋械谢芯, 屑褨褋褑褟屑懈 "褖芯 褑械 胁蟹邪谐邪谢褨 斜褍谢芯".
携泻褖芯 褕褍泻邪褦褌械 泻薪懈谐褍, 褖芯斜 胁褨写锌芯褔懈褌懈 褨 胁邪褋 薪械 胁褨写谢褟泻褍褦 褔芯褉薪邪 泻芯屑械写褨褟 褨蟹 泻褍锌芯褞 胁斜懈胁褋褌胁 褨 屑邪褌褞泻褨胁, 褌芯 屑芯卸械褌械 褔懈褌邪褌懈.
March 28, 2018
Good book
Good book ,that鈥檚 4 read now by Danny King enjoyed them all, makes you have empathy with a hitman which is strange I think ?
Still a good read .
Good book ,that鈥檚 4 read now by Danny King enjoyed them all, makes you have empathy with a hitman which is strange I think ?
Still a good read .
March 28, 2022
As the name suggests, you get an inside look at the thoughts and feelings of a hitman. I enjoyed the pacing of the book, and all in all, this a pretty good read!
June 16, 2022
This is the second book from this series I've read and wasn't disappointed.
December 20, 2023
袟邪泄褕谢芯)
孝邪泻械 胁褉邪卸械薪薪褟, 褖芯 薪械 褔懈褌邪胁, 邪 褎褨谢褜屑 写懈胁懈胁褋褟)
孝邪泻械 胁褉邪卸械薪薪褟, 褖芯 薪械 褔懈褌邪胁, 邪 褎褨谢褜屑 写懈胁懈胁褋褟)
December 30, 2023
5 stars without doubts
Plot is perfect
The main character is cool, hilarious and obviously nuts, but whatever, this hitman is amazing
Loved every minute
Plot is perfect
The main character is cool, hilarious and obviously nuts, but whatever, this hitman is amazing
Loved every minute
January 19, 2024
袧械 褉械邪谢褨褋褌懈褔薪芯, 薪械 褋谢褍褏邪褦 the smiths
May 8, 2024
袩芯写褍卸邪谢邪 28%.
袟邪写芯胁芯谢械薪薪褟 薪褍谢褜, 谐褍屑芯褉 褋褍屑薪褨胁薪懈泄 (邪斜芯 锌褉芯褋褌芯 薪械 屑褨泄, 褟泻褖芯 胁褨薪 褌邪屑 褦).
袦芯褩 写褍屑泻懈 锌褉邪泻褌懈褔薪芯 胁械褋褜 褔邪褋 褔懈褌邪薪薪褟 斜褍谢懈 褌懈锌褍 芦Ew, Brother, Ew! What's That? What's That Brother?禄.
袟邪写芯胁芯谢械薪薪褟 薪褍谢褜, 谐褍屑芯褉 褋褍屑薪褨胁薪懈泄 (邪斜芯 锌褉芯褋褌芯 薪械 屑褨泄, 褟泻褖芯 胁褨薪 褌邪屑 褦).
袦芯褩 写褍屑泻懈 锌褉邪泻褌懈褔薪芯 胁械褋褜 褔邪褋 褔懈褌邪薪薪褟 斜褍谢懈 褌懈锌褍 芦Ew, Brother, Ew! What's That? What's That Brother?禄.
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