Reading a noir mystery from 1994 qnd jts fascinating how the 90s were a. Era when writers in so many genres were digging into HOW communication and news consumption impacts society and people
One of the big hallmarks of a noir is the protagonist(s) essentially fail because their own flaws (and society's) undercut their growth and goals. Still this book needed several contrivances to set up the failure that in my opinion didnt work
The noir's core themes of the inherent hopelessness in humanity's ability to change and how corrupt systems perpetuate even when hopeless to stop real evil is never not relevent