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Even Though I Knew the End (2022)

di C. L. Polk

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"C. L. Polk turns their considerable powers to a fantastical noir with Even Though I Knew the End. "Stylish supernatural noir with a heart and a thrumming pulse. I devoured it."-Laini Taylor A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago's divine monsters to secure a future with the love of her life. This sapphic period piece will dazzle anyone looking for mystery, intrigue, romance, magic, or all of the above. An exiled augur who sold her soul to save her brother's life is offered one last job before serving an eternity in hell. When she turns it down, her client sweetens the pot by offering up the one payment she can't resist-the chance to have a future where she grows old with the woman she loves. To succeed, she is given three days to track down the White City Vampire, Chicago's most notorious serial killer. If she fails, only hell and heartbreak await"--… (altro)
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Really inventive story of lesbian love in magic-infested noir Chicago, and the price of your soul. Vivid plotting and description. ( )
  nwhyte | Oct 1, 2023 |
“And all I have to do for my soul and a thousand dollars is find the White City Vampire.”
     She lifted her half-filled coupe of champagne. “Correct.”
     “That’s quite the offer,” I mused. “Plus expenses?”


A noir story about a lesbian detective with supernatural powers who takes a case where her soul lies in the balance. Well told, but like a lot of supernatural mysteries (I find, anyway), it didn't totally hang together. Why did anyone even need the detective wasn't really clear. Everyone else seemed to know so much more than she did!
  Stevil2001 | Sep 30, 2023 |
This story was definitely not for me.

I had bad feelings just reading the title. It telegraphs that there's something not positive about the ending, right? And the publisher's blurb for it cheerily states that the protagonist, Helen, sold her soul to save her brother's life. This is accurate.

As a direct result, she and her brother are no longer on good terms, or even in contact. She also got kicked out of the magical order they belonged to because, of course, damned soul.

Then years later, her time is almost up, and she gets pulled into the investigation of Chicago's White City Vampire, a serial killer who is apparently a demon. She doesn't want to be involved; she has only three days left and wants to spend them with her girlfriend, Edith. Her client offers irresistible bait, though--the chance to win her soul back, and have a lifetime with Edith.

It turns out Edith has her own secret, and also the White City Vampire isn't a demon, although they are something closely related.

Helen, Edith, and Edith's secret start investigating the killings, the victims, and seeming bystanders who had mental breakdowns shortly after each killing. It's what happens to those bystanders that makes the real identity of the killer even more appalling.

There's so much I want to say about what happens here and why I dislike the story. Unfortunately, I can't say what I want without spoilers, and it probably doesn't matter because probably most readers, or at least enough readers for this story to have the audience that made it a Hugo Finalist, either wouldn't agree with me, or wouldn't care.

It is a very well-written story. It's a good mystery, and a good romance, despite the thing that spoils the enjoyment of it for me. It doesn't, however, have the substance and depth that made me consider "Rabbit Test" a serious candidate for my first place vote in the short story category, despite also being dark and depressing in a way that made it hard for me to read. This story is supposed to be just a fun story, and maybe it is for many, but not for me.

I received this story as part of the 2023 Hugo Voters Packet. ( )
  LisCarey | Sep 23, 2023 |
Helen Brandt står vid en obehaglig mordplats. Hennes uppdrag är att ta spektrala fotografier (hon är både magiker och en begåvad fotograf) och hennes uppdragsgivare, den gåtfulla Marlowe, tror att mordet är begånget av Chicagos nya seriemördare the White City Vampire. Hon tar bilderna, men något är inte vad det borde vara.

Hon har dessutom bara tre dagar kvar i livet. För tio år sedan sålde hon sin själ till djävulen, i utbyte mot att hennes bror skulle få överleva en bilolycka. Hon fick tio år, sedan ska skulden inkasseras.

Hon har förlikat sig med sitt öde, men har svårt att finna sig i att hon måste ta farväl av sin flickvän Edith, inte bara nu utan för all evighet, för Edith kommer garanterat att komma till himlen när hennes stund är kommen.

Men ju mer Helen gräver i de här seriemorden, desto fler märkligheter hittar hon. Och när hon diskuterar dessa med Marlowe får hon ett erbjudande hon inte kan motstå, som kastar nytt ljus både över Marlowe och över vad som driver the White City Vampire.

Even Though I Knew the End är en noir-berättelse, vilket du förmodligen anar redan av namnet Marlowe för uppdragsgivaren, och utspelas 1941 i ett alternativt Chicago. Inte bara noir, utan även en blandning av fantasy och övernaturlig thriller, med stänk av romantik. Bakgrunden är dessutom teologisk: djävlar och änglar finns, och de strider om herraväldet på jorden. Däremot är inte alla djävlar så onda och inte alla änglar så goda.

Jag hade lite svårt för den i början, det kändes som att det var mycket noir-poserande för poserandets skull och många boxar som bockades av för att berättelsen skulle framstå som cool. Men ju längre jag kom, desto mer engagerande blev dramat. Det är bra och inkännande porträtt av förbjuden lesbisk kärlek och mental ohälsa, och jag rycktes med när spänningen steg. Språkligt vet jag inte om genreblandningen är helt lyckad, alla de ingående genrerna har sina egen kännetecknande prosastil och blandningen kanske inte alltid fungerar. Men slutresultatet är godkänt. Och är du mer förtjust i övernaturliga thrillers och deckare än vad jag är, så lär du inte ångra det om du läser den här kortromanen.
  anglemark | Jul 30, 2023 |
Such a great atmospheric supernatural noir novella! ( )
  KallieGrace | Jun 8, 2023 |
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Nome dell'autoreRuoloTipo di autoreOpera?Stato
C. L. Polkautore primariotutte le edizionicalcolato
Foltzer, ChristineProgetto della copertinaautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
LaVoy, JanuaryNarratoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Shealy, RichardCopy editorautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Smith, MarkImmagine di copertinaautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
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"C. L. Polk turns their considerable powers to a fantastical noir with Even Though I Knew the End. "Stylish supernatural noir with a heart and a thrumming pulse. I devoured it."-Laini Taylor A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago's divine monsters to secure a future with the love of her life. This sapphic period piece will dazzle anyone looking for mystery, intrigue, romance, magic, or all of the above. An exiled augur who sold her soul to save her brother's life is offered one last job before serving an eternity in hell. When she turns it down, her client sweetens the pot by offering up the one payment she can't resist-the chance to have a future where she grows old with the woman she loves. To succeed, she is given three days to track down the White City Vampire, Chicago's most notorious serial killer. If she fails, only hell and heartbreak await"--

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