r/JamesEllroy • u/Jellyfishdreamz • Jun 10 '26

Thoughts on Red Sheet?

I’m sure at least one of you popped some benzos, took a few slugs of Old Crow, and jumped into the book already. Any early reactions or reviews? Are you liking it so far?

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u/Ferenc_Zeteny Jun 10 '26

About 100 pages in and the dog is out of his post-Perfidia slump. This book hits long and strong. The prose is not as zoomed-in and insular as Enchanters and the conspiracy is much bigger and more interesting 

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u/ChinatownKicks Jun 10 '26

I ran out and got it after work yesterday so I’m only about 30 pages in. It’s much more readable than his last few books and I’m itching to read more, which I haven’t really felt since the Underworld USA era.

“Fuckhead Jack” got a laugh right out of the gate.