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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Danny Fucking Ryan!!!!!
Soooo good!!! Absolutely inhaled this book. Y’all know I love me some mafia shit. If they don’t make this into a movie with the same cast from The Town, it will be a travesty.
Think The Sopranos meets The Town but written by Dennis Lehane. Brilliant. God, I want to be in the mob so bad.
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Soooo good!!! Absolutely inhaled this book. Y’all know I love me some mafia shit. If they don’t make this into a movie with the same cast from The Town, it will be a travesty.
Think The Sopranos meets The Town but written by Dennis Lehane. Brilliant. God, I want to be in the mob so bad.
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This was an interesting crime drama about a feud between the Irish and the Italians in 1980s Rhode Island. The inception to the feud can be pinpointed to a woman, who was initially associated with the Italians but ends being wooed by an Irishman (whom she marries). The pacing of the story was very solid and it definitely gave off Goodfellas vibes, which was great. However, I didn't love the book. But had I known this is a modern retelling of the Illiad (which I feel a bit dense for not noticing while I was reading), I would've enjoyed the book a bit more.
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
dark
tense
medium-paced
dark
tense
fast-paced
I’m deciding between a 4 and a 4.5, but I think I’m leaning 4. The Power of the Dog is the first and only book I’d read of Winslow and it’s one of the best books I’ve ever read. So I came into this one with unreasonably high expectations. Winslow making a Godfather-like book? Dang. And this book is very good - it does not disappoint, but I just don’t think it blows me away either.
There are a lot of characters here, and it takes a long time to put the pieces in motion to make the story hum along in a satisfying way. It eventually does but for some reason I still feel like the scenes and dialogue developed in Power of the Dog are rarely matched here. A lot of the characters lack the depth that would push it into the upper tier for me. I don’t always care much about what is happening to them and moments that should be emotional don’t always resonate because of it. And so my final impression is that this story is very good, this is an excellent opener, and that while I have no idea where the trilogy is going from here I will be there to finish it. But at least on this first book, I didn’t have to pick my jaw up off the floor.
Lastly, as a new fan of Winslow as an author, it makes me sad to hear that he will be retiring from writing after this trilogy is completed (it’s already written). He will apparently be devoting the rest of his life to fighting Donald Trump politics. Making videos only those that already agree with him will be watching, proclaiming the opposition a dire threat to democracy while Democratic groups gave money to MAGA candidates for their Primaries to boost them up. Weird world we live in! I’m hoping this is a Tom Brady / Floyd Mayweather type of retirement, because I’m sure he has much more to offer us as an author. If not, I still have plenty to catch up on in his previous work. I don’t remark on this as a political statement, but as a frame of mind that this is his swan song and he should therefore go out with a bang.
There are a lot of characters here, and it takes a long time to put the pieces in motion to make the story hum along in a satisfying way. It eventually does but for some reason I still feel like the scenes and dialogue developed in Power of the Dog are rarely matched here. A lot of the characters lack the depth that would push it into the upper tier for me. I don’t always care much about what is happening to them and moments that should be emotional don’t always resonate because of it. And so my final impression is that this story is very good, this is an excellent opener, and that while I have no idea where the trilogy is going from here I will be there to finish it. But at least on this first book, I didn’t have to pick my jaw up off the floor.
Lastly, as a new fan of Winslow as an author, it makes me sad to hear that he will be retiring from writing after this trilogy is completed (it’s already written). He will apparently be devoting the rest of his life to fighting Donald Trump politics. Making videos only those that already agree with him will be watching, proclaiming the opposition a dire threat to democracy while Democratic groups gave money to MAGA candidates for their Primaries to boost them up. Weird world we live in! I’m hoping this is a Tom Brady / Floyd Mayweather type of retirement, because I’m sure he has much more to offer us as an author. If not, I still have plenty to catch up on in his previous work. I don’t remark on this as a political statement, but as a frame of mind that this is his swan song and he should therefore go out with a bang.