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"The goodbye coast" by Joe Ide

Style:Mystery / Hard-boiled detective
Year published:2022
Rating:
To those who might think I only review "good" books, here comes a counter example. This is one of these books I couldn't finish, disgusted by the false premise.
Short version / bottom line: Somewhere Chandler is spinning in his grave ... DON'T!
As a crime book - maybe 2 stars (didn't finish it) As a fan fiction - half a star (only because zero start is not possible to give).
"The Goobye Coast" - A Philip Marlowe Novel is a fan fiction by Joe Ide. I was of course attracted by the "Philip Marlowe" part and few rave - and apparently bought reviews.
Unfortunately, while apparently everyone is allowed to use the character's name, not everyone can fill in Raymond Chandler shoes (but of course we already knew this).
Ide has resurrected Philip Marlowe in contemporary Los Angeles, but besides the time change, there are way too many other changes that make this new Marlowe not even remotely close to the original. Just from the few dozen first pages:
1. Style went from first person to third person
2. Marlowe is about 10 years younger (30-ish now vs 40-ish in the original)
3. He apparently knows/cares about his car's horsepower and the cotton thread of his shirts
4. He apparently immediately hates his clients and loves the "help" (not the biblical sense)
5. He cares about restoring wood floors and keeping close track of "subcultures".
6. He apparently only considers 100 year old bourbon (alcohol) a "real liquor" and unfiltered Camels "real cigarettes".
I gave up somewhere around page 30. Ide's style is not only not even close to the original, but it is in my opinion pretty much the exact oposite of what the original was. Ide's style is fast and cheap, laying the hints without any of the nuance or the humor of the original. This is not a novel, but a Hollywood script - there is no build up, just a hurried passing of information that is not backed up by any style.
Bottom like - smells like a lazy money grab, trying to capitalize on the famous character. Speaking of this - the end of the book contains "praise" for it, with Dennis Lehane, Ian Rankin and James Patterson whoring their names. Yikes guys ... Very SAD, as TFG would say.
My advice - stay away, unless you hate yourself. To quote The Internet - "Don't bother - it's not Marlowe, and definitely not Chandler" and "A huge disappointment. Really not good.".