The High Window Analysis

With various weeks of on and off reading and a brief analysis after several handfuls of chapters The High Window kept me on the edge of the seat, but fell short to effectively reach its full potential with the conclusion conclusively being the issue. With a vague and left in the air conclusion for certain characters Chandler didn’t completely satisfy me as a reader but didn’t ultimately lose me. He aimed the novel away from typical cliché mystery novels and took a different approach toward a mixed styled inverted detective story and whodunit novel. Unlike similar novels, however The High Window briefly reflected how the real world actually is and kept away from being too fiction although being a novel. Despite that, with the conclusion my major complaint Chandler makes up for the brief and rushed conclusion by giving the reader a slight resemblance of how life literally is and as a mystery novel Chandler goes beyond boundaries and explicitly displays how cruel and dark society can actually get.

Nonetheless, despite being a surprisingly acceptable novel I noted that at times novels are occasionally dragged out and can frequently be skipped around. With The High Window concisely supporting this observation, the novel is bluntly understood after reading the first three chapters and the last three chapters of the novel instead of going over all 36 chapters. This in my opinion is irritating as a reader, but is comprehensible since the novel revolves

It had a great plot with a memorable protagonist and upheld the mysterious atmosphere throughout the novel. Chandler’s ability to keep readers like myself on the edge of the seat was exciting as the novel unfolded with a blended style of unorthodox writing. As a result, Chandler was able to go past boundaries and tie his novel with the real world and as a reader, I could relate to experiences Marlowe had to endure and