Hardcover. Little, Brown and Company 2007-10-10.
ISBN: 0316734594 / 0-316-73459-4
EAN: 9780316734592
Mosley Keeps Getting Better (Rating 5 of 5)
» J. B. Burke
Walter Mosley is a strong writer with a sense of humor. This book is the latest Easy Rowlins novel and the best one yet. It is easy to settle slowing into the grips of a Mosley novel. Suddenly one realizes you are trapped and do not want to put it down. I practically read this one right through. Mystery readers and those interested in L.A. in the 70's will be delighted with the novel. Keep writing Mosley!
Easily Remorseful (Rating 4 of 5)
» Michael R. Perry
Easy Rawlins, has a broken heart.
Wait....that doesn't quite do it justice.
Easy Rawlins is completely devastated, lamenting the loss of the one woman that seemed to bring stability to the crazy, mixed up world in which he finds himself.
Walter Mosley slides into his storytelling like a threadbare housecoat that looks like the devil...but feels like heaven. This time, its California, 1969...post Watts Riots but pre-understanding and acceptance.
And Easy?
Easy spends most of this novel chasing: chasing Mouse, chasing Christmas Black and, most importantly, chasing his own demons as he tries to pull himself back together.
I enjoyed the humanization of Easy this time around. Mosley inserts a jaggedness to his character that reflects a lot of the pain and confusion Easy has seen over the years. I walked away feeling as if I understood him a bit more deeply. His vulnerability and warring thoughts add a depth of character that was always there, but was more understated in the past.
While not the best Rawlins mystery I've read...Mosley pulls you into his world with vivid descriptions and insights into layers of racism that only an insider can give
What happened to Easy? (Rating 1 of 5)
» M. Gordon
What happened to the Easy Rawlins I knew and loved? Those were my thoughts as I read the latest from Walter Mosley "Blonde Faith". It was a big disappointment for me as I expected Easy to kick the bad guys where it hurts in the name of justice or at least to go out in a blaze of glory. Instead the entire book was about the once bold Easy Rawlins wallowing in self-pity about his lost love Bonnie. There is very little action to speak of as the two most "dangerous men" Easy has ever known, Christmas Black and Raymond "Mouse" Alexander, don't even show up until the last few chapters of the book then don't do any thing more dangerous than grimace at each other. Easy slaps a pimp and tricks cops into killing the bad guys but most of the action in the novel takes place off scene. And why Walter Mosley named the book after a minor character is beyond me. The rest of the book is filled with a man feeling sorry for himself, having a mid life crisis. If you are an Easy Rawlins fan go back and re read Devil in a Blue Dress. Remember Easy as he was in the beginning
Too Much Racism (Rating 1 of 5)
» D. Campbell
I have thoroughly enjoyed all the Easy Rawlins novels up until this one. The basic story was weak and the entire book was filled with more "all the troubles of the black American male can be blamed on the white American male" nonsense. I learned a lot about the "black experience" by reading the previous novels and felt great empathy for the black Americans as portrayed by Mr. Mosley. This volume is filled with the usual rhetoric one expects from Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson.
If this is the end of Easy Rawlins then good riddance as it is a shame he can't wake up and realize much of his misery is of his own making. "It's somebody else's fault" is a poor philosophy to live by. Mosely has simply given creedence to many racial stereotypes with this highly disappointing book. What a shame
YOU KNOW IT DON'T COME EASY (Rating 4 of 5)
» Margaret Pelkington
I've read the entire Easy Rawlins series. The writing has always been superb and the characters richly drawn. Mosely never lets you down and neither does Easy and Blonde Faith.
But you know it don't come easy letting go, and knowing that Blonde Faith might, could, possibly spell the end of one of the best written characters in american literature, it was a really tough read. I didn't want it to end the way I knew it had to. I didn't want to say goodbye to a character I've come to love, admire and, in a way, pity.
But wait...there is hope. OK, not much but hey, Walter Mosley might not be done with Ezekiel and his best friend Raymond (Mouse) Alexander. Mosley has given us a beaut of a cliffhanger to er, well, hang onto. I can only hope that we'll be seeing more of Easy and his LA friends at least one more time. There are issues yet to be resolved
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