Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Typical Edgy But Flawed Plot

The typically edgy, sparse writing of Jim Thompson almost kept me reading this drama about a mean, killer sheriff, much like a Cormac McCarthy character. However, the plot line eventually turned me off because it really made no sense. The protaganist beats a whore to death and kills her boyfriend and somehow they convince the DA and Sheriff, as well as the boyfriend's rich Daddy, Conway, that the whore killed the boyfriend. Huh? My suspension of disbelief just left the building. I have enjoyed most other Thompson books, and I realize this is considered a cult classic, but it left me cold as the main character's heart.