tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post8196814394761196869..comments2024-03-28T10:31:55.774-07:00Comments on The Passing Tramp: It Was a Blue Novel You Wrote for Me: The Blue Hammer (1976), by Ross MacdonaldThe Passing Tramphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-67695816482244426712023-11-19T19:38:39.701-08:002023-11-19T19:38:39.701-08:00Well, tastes differ. Obviously there was a market...Well, tastes differ. Obviously there was a market for the sort of novel RM was writing in the late Sixties and Seventies, those books just don't appeal to me however.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-85261747543707545842023-11-05T15:03:59.594-08:002023-11-05T15:03:59.594-08:00Strange -- I've read all of Ross Macdonald'...Strange -- I've read all of Ross Macdonald's novels, and I thought THE BLUE HAMMER was one of the very best.BerserkRLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14062423528796946671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-78324687084831190552022-08-14T03:37:36.399-07:002022-08-14T03:37:36.399-07:00It's definitely got an involved plot along cla...It's definitely got an involved plot along classic lines, but the telling is murky. Margaret Millar books are definitely more cleanly plotted, but then so are earlier RM books. The Blue Hammer is more like Sophie Hannah--ugh!<br /><br />Love Marge!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-81252396403318664212022-08-10T08:55:01.253-07:002022-08-10T08:55:01.253-07:00The back of my paperback edition quotes the review...The back of my paperback edition quotes the review from the Daily Telegraph: 'Richly plotted, economically told'. I gather you find the first half of that verdict more accurate than the second?<br /><br />I have not read that many Ross Macdonald novels, but I remember liking some of them and finding others repetitive. Margaret Millar, on the other hand, is one of my favourite crime writers.Tore J Narvestadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997315076896134911noreply@blogger.com