| Value for Money | 8.5/10  |
|---|---|
| Overall rating | 8.5/10 |
Full review by
MartinTal
on 9th Jan 2004
User Rating : 8
Respect :
+1
Good Points: Entertaining and jarring.
General comments: I found all of these tales a great read, though I think it was Mosley' that was formulaic. I think too many people give him a pass based on who he is. I found the stories by the two Christopher, Benson and Chambers, orginal and quite entertaining.
MartinTal's review and ratings | 50 words
Review by
Harriet Klausner
on 21st Dec 2003
User Rating : 9
Respect :
0
Shades of Black: Crimes and Mysteries Stories by African-American Writers
Eleanor Taylor Bland (editor)
Berkley, Feb 2004, $23.95, 368 pp.
ISBN: 0425194027
This delightful twenty-two short story collection is written by African-Americans though some of the writers are not household names yet. The stories are all solid with no losers, but only a handful attain the great label such as Walter Mosley's thought provoking take on the use of the race card. In fact the better known authors like ...
Harriet Klausner's full review | 190 words
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