the cover: makes me hungry! trap: mind-blowing! a good start indeed to a yellow KL…never forget a face: i don't know if i want to pity the old man or i should condemn him instead …the disgraced: everyone dies in the end?french fries for aunty kamalam: a religious fanatic's guilt turned her into a lunatic?!the kill wish: a principled assassin?contrail: errrrr………deathwritten: more like death wishanai: more like kisah benar…the ride: the ending is a bit abrupt and leaves one to wonder …ambrosia: ne...

I rate anthologies for the sum of their parts and this one just does not make the cut. For one thing, reading this book made me question my understanding of "noir" because most of the stories here are NOT noir despite what the title tells you. This is actually the first time I read one of the KL Noir series and I am disappointed. I am a huge crime fiction fan and I particularly love noir fiction, if you can't tell from my love of Jo Nesbo and Stieg Larsson. Noir is not just about sticking a murd...

My second KL NOIR series read was indeed much better than the first one, which is KL NOIR RED. The flow of the language felt better to compare with KL NOIR RED. The stories were more focused and had specific story line. It might not appeared as twisted or as complex as KL NOIR RED but the stories had delivered their message better and the writers thought and idea was clearer. I loved the way the language felt at the tip of my tongue when I read it, it wasn't stiff like the words from KL NOIR RED...

Guess I'll just come right out and say it. I do understand that most people think Noir has to be about vice, and that we have to play with dark themes to deliver that kind of quality.At the same time I think a 'mass produced Noir' will deliver exactly what you think you will see, while leaving the central idea of noir behind.Crimes aren't done in noir because someone is sick in the head, crimes in noir are crimes of passion. The characters come to desperation, they seethe and push over the edge,...

I have no idea that this is the last book of the KL Noir collection. All I know was that this seems to be the most iconic and it has two writers I know so I was curious at what they will come up with. It was also going for cheap as the Popular bookstore at IPC was having a clearance sale. Man, I obviously did not feel good reading any of these stories. But that's to be expected as I was reading twisted and sick tales. In nearly every story, someone dies. Some shocked me more than others. And som...

Frankly, this is my least favorite of the series. Kinda sad because this is the last one but it didn't manage to give me a good closure. Most of the stories are repetitive - or predictable. My preferred shorts : (in no particular order) French Fries for Aunty Kamalam (hilarious), The Ride (not like the others) , and Ambrosia (started off well but a little draggy after). The good shorts didn't manage to outweigh the mediocre ones, which is such a shame.

I've made an unbelievable, slow progress on this book.Despite a few violence, erotic and psycho anecdotes flooded which made readers love it more, I found it really disturbing with a few slow-and-nothing-to-be-found short stories. (Or maybe that was just me who thirsts for more actions than words).Regardless those, good job!

KL NOIR TO THE BITTER END Edited by Kris Williamson is simply magnificent. 18 shorts with different kind of styles and twists. As usual let me list out my favorites. French Fries For Aunty Kamalam by Sharmilla Ganesan, Anai by Wong Pek Mei, The Ride by Paul Gnanaselvam, Article on Botak Chin by Martin Vengadesan and The Lost Pilgrim by Sukhbir Cheema. Worth mentioning is Victims of Society by Natahsa Gideon.Yang ala ala try hardpun ada, tapi satu dua sahaja. Seronok juga baca.The final volume of...

Fixi’s popular KL Noir series is completed this month with the release of this fourth and final volume. In Yellow, we are promised stories that are “sick and twisted”, and a journey through “the dark underbelly of Kuala Lumpur”. And this is pretty much what we get.The nature of the genre means that we know that things are always going to end badly, but we are grateful to writers and who take the trouble to create convincing characters and believable scenarios along the way. The best stories in t...

The darkest among the series. Provoking (as usual). Surprised me at times how very open the writers are. Freedom of speech is used, thought provoking and made me questions some issues in Malaysia, not solely in KL.My favourites would be "The Ride" and "Breaking Point", but the rest are amazing as well. Well done, writers.

This selection of stories is much better than Blue and Red. There were a few that made me go "Eh?" at the end but overall, this is a keeper.

This is the 3rd KL NOIR book that I have read. I felt that this collection does not suit my taste as the previous two. I find that quite a few stories in here left me with feeling of unfairness and despair. Still it's a good effort.

To the bitter end. Yellow can stand together side by side with Red. I swear this was as good as the first volume. Wanna cry loads this going to be the last volume of the series. Few favourites.FRENCH FRIES FOR AUNTY KAMALAM - Sharmila GanesanANAI - Wong Pek MeiTHE RIDE - Paul GnanaSelvamHAPPY FAMILY - Claudia Skyler FoongVICTIMS OF SOCIETY - Natasha Gideon

Feels like Malaysian, some were actually good story, some just nice & nothing unique. Overall it's enjoyable.

My favorites are Paul GnanaSelvam's The Ride, Timothy Nakayama's Ambrosia, Zufar Ismail Zeid's Breaking Point, and Natasha Gideon's Victims of Society.There are a lot of good writers in this book with so much potential to be great writers of the future.Looking forward to more.

I read this book after I've finished my SPM Trials, I need a getaway, something new to read and glad that I found it.I liked how the final and last book of the series, had darker themes. Crime can be done by almost everyone, not solely a man, a children too, has a potential to become a killer. This book is a physical proof of it. Just when you thought the first essay is bad enough, the next one will probably caught you off guard. i started thinking ¨Maybe the world is bad after all.¨ One of the

some of the shortstories are being too cliche to be honest and from what i can conclude is malaysians writing's somehow exaggerate in many ways ,i meant why not u guys use a simple english ?just dont make life complicated .but still some of the shortstories got me captivated such as anai ,the lost pilgrm and many more

(Disclaimer - Fixi Novo is the publisher of my collection of short stories Tropical Madness and has also featured stories of mine in several other collections of short stories, including KL Noir Red, the first in the KL Noir series)So the series draws to an end with KL Noir Yellow, the fourth and final collection of short stories based in and around Malaysia's capital city Kuala Lumpur, more frequently abbreviated to KL (or to the infuriation of some of my readers - Kay El).This one is a strong

The last book in the KL Noir series, I found Yellow to be more likeable than Blue, which, aside from its collection of mostly boring stories that failed at drama and theatrics, also featured quite a number of republished work. It smells like a cop-out; like the writers were too lazy to come up with original content for submission. And in a way, I feel shortchanged. Somewhat. (Yes, I am still talking about Blue.)We start with the Intro, which is a pointless rambling by the editor explaining all t...

Finally! I have to say that.. this last part of KL Noir is a bit different than the previous ones.Nevertheless, as usual.. same as the previous ones, you can expect your mind to be blown and expect some plot twists in this one. Those plot twists made me flip back to the few pages before and go all "Wait what, didn't see that coming!" But I honestly feel that some stories in KL Noir Yellow is a bit off and some I couldn't understand the storyline which made me skipped some. Sorry! Some of my favo...