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title: "Blood Standard (An Isaiah Coleridge Novel) Hardcover – May 29, 2018"
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# Blood Standard (An Isaiah Coleridge Novel) Hardcover – May 29, 2018

**Brand:** laird barron
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## Customer Reviews

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    Isaiah Coleridge is a man of halves
  

*by J***S on Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2018*

My attempt at a spoiler free review. I’m terribly bad at reviews, so I’ll really just give my thoughts.Isaiah Coleridge is a man of halves – half Maori, half Caucasian (all Army brat, he proclaims). Alaskan, Maori, yet mobbed up, when we meet him. Part biblical prophet, part Romantic poet. With an eclectic yet brutal upbringing, he’s a literate bruiser. As our narrator, he’s possessed of an penetrating and worldly-wise voice that can swing from hard-bit noir to ruminations on mythology. In Laird Barron’s Blood Standard, the heroes of myth are figurative ghosts that the narrator sees everywhere, infesting his storytelling. Yet, this is a crime novel, with missing persons, assasins, the mafia, neo-Nazis, native American gangs. It’s a wonderful intersection of multiple cultures and backgrounds, filtered through the lens of the criminal underworld in New York state’s boonies. Much to my personal delight. “The bonfire built into a roiling pillar, and in my delirium I imagined sacrifices of squalling babes to Baal and Chemosh and all the jolly old death gods that got it in the neck after the New Testament.” Or: “The scene reminded me of a hybrid of a Viking longhouse and a honky-tonk…” Or: “He glanced at me and, by the dashboard glow, his expression was solemn as an Arthurian knight’s from some kid’s picture book.” This juxtaposition of myth and noir works exceptionally well. It’s really a testament to Barron’s style that he pulls this off so effortlessly.The story rolls along at a steady clip, the plot is surprising and inventive in turns, while still familiar enough to satisfy crime noir tastes. In Coleridge, Barron has found a winning combination, I think – a narrator with the chops to be both brawn and brain while remaining believable and immediate. Identifiable. Also, I’m so tired of reading crime noir books in which the author or his or her narrator adapt a criminal patois, in efforts to make their character harder or tougher. The fact that Coleridge is literate is a refreshing change.What I think really makes this book resonate for me, is the power of myth in individual lives. In Coleridge, mythology coexists with a hard-boiled reality, making it not only more bearable but giving his existence meaning. We see Coleridge torch his situation with the mob for the sake of animals, risking his own life (very very early in the book – no spoilers!). And that connection to others deepens throughout the course of the story, contrary to most crime noir protagonists – individual men operating alone until whatever bitter end their indomitability brings them to.Anyway, this novel was a pleasure through and through, and I look forward to whatever other stories of Isaiah Coleridge the author chooses to bring us.

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    Here’s to hoping for more.....
  

*by N***O on Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2018*

I really loved this book. The main character is not exactly a hero, but I think he wants to be.I read three to four books a week, and I have decided to only review debut authors, or authors that are not getting the attention they deserve. This author doesn’t fall into either of these categories. Apparently he writes horror, award winning horror, but I am not familiar with him. However, the description said this is first crime novel, and I am so hoping it won’t be his last.Lots of very well described action, lots of heart, good guys, bad guys, and lots of lingering questions. I started this book and could not put it down. Highly recommended.

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    Blood Standard sets it's own standard
  

*by B***G on Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2018*

I am a horror fiction enthusiast, particularly Lovecraftian inspired horror. Laird Barron has been one of the most exciting authors of such works in recent times. I was a bit disappointed when I heard he was taking a new direction with Blood Standard and honestly was hesitant to purchase it. My worry was for naught, of course, as LB is truly a great writer and story teller. While Blood Standard is definitely of the noir/crime genre, there is still the implicit understanding that these characters inhabit the same indifferent universe as those of his horror fiction. I hope LB finds time to return to his carnivorous cosmos and the children of Old Leech, but I'm just as interested to see where Isaiah Colreidge's path will take him next .

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