Books: These Women By Ivy Pochoda

(Drivebycuriosity) -  The life of a hooker in Southwest Los Angeles is dangerous. Timid US laws forbid  brothels, so the sex workers have to do their business on the streets and in cars where they often fell prey to creeps. Ivy Pochoda follows in her novel"These Women" some women - hookers, their mothers and neighbors - in a gritty Los Angeles neighborhood were a serial killer has been wielding his terror over many years (amazon ). The book got a lot applause and praised by Vogue, New York Times Book Review, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times and many others.

There are lot descriptions of SW Los Angeles which are inspired by noir thrillers by Raymond Chandler and similar writers and there are interesting observations about local birds, but the rest - especially the floppy dialogues - is tedious and unpleasant. "These Women" is a waste of time.