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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
Although a quick paced story and lots of dark humour, it was a bit too cutesy in terms of the language. One dimensional characters. But at least they were having fun during the drug war.
This novel is very dark. It’s still entertaining but I think I enjoyed the prequel better. This was written like an Oliver Stone film and I feel like since I read the prequel first I knew the characters better and actually liked them more due to my reading of the prequel. It’s unapologetic and funny I places.
I knew, I knew that the end of the movie was not right! He saved them once on "Kings of cool", he would have not done it twice, I think I know Winslow and in the end he is ruthless!
Lo sapevo, lo sapevo che il finale del film non era quello giusto! Li aveva giá salvati una volta nel prequel (Kings of cools) e siccome io lo conosco Winslow e lui é spietato, ero sicura che non l'avrebbe fatto un'altra volta!
Lo sapevo, lo sapevo che il finale del film non era quello giusto! Li aveva giá salvati una volta nel prequel (Kings of cools) e siccome io lo conosco Winslow e lui é spietato, ero sicura che non l'avrebbe fatto un'altra volta!
taut, raunchy, horrifying with spot-on sociopolitical satire. great book but it pisses me off that most of the Spanish words are spelled wrong and no one at Simon & Schuster (if they still bother to pay proofreaders and copy editors) gives a damn.
Perfect as a beach read. In many ways better than the movie (o is at once more and less a transparent male fantasy). Funny. Quick. Don't expect anything more and you'll enjoy it.
Well, one thing about Winslow's writing is: you're either going to love it or hate it. I loved it; very interested in reading Power of the Dog now.
I have to give it to the man, he knows how to cultivate a voice. This is so drenched in SoCal living, and I've never been to the continent, let alone the country. Writing like a clear cup of water, crisp.
I also need to figure out how to do spoilers because I have a lot of opinions re: the book ending and the movie ending.
Also, Winslow delivers one of the best lines written by a man, from a woman's perspective: "Men teach us how to treat them."
I have to give it to the man, he knows how to cultivate a voice. This is so drenched in SoCal living, and I've never been to the continent, let alone the country. Writing like a clear cup of water, crisp.
I also need to figure out how to do spoilers because I have a lot of opinions re: the book ending and the movie ending.
Also, Winslow delivers one of the best lines written by a man, from a woman's perspective: "Men teach us how to treat them."
I don't know if I can finish this one. 10 pages in I felt like I'd been smacked down by a dumptruck full of violence and bad grammar. (Oh, excuse me, the language is indicative of stream-of-consciousness. Still--)
And...thoroughly depressed after finishing the book; because a) I forced myself to read it and b) the ending. And the beginning. The middle was okay.
The ending? Come on; I really think the author got to a point where even he didn't want to see these characters anymore.
I'm sorry I wasted the time and energy on this one.
And...thoroughly depressed after finishing the book; because a) I forced myself to read it and b) the ending. And the beginning. The middle was okay.
The ending? Come on; I really think the author got to a point where even he didn't want to see these characters anymore.
I'm sorry I wasted the time and energy on this one.
Don Winslow must be some really cool cat because he can surely write in the lingo of a cool cat. The book reads almost like hip-hop lyrics. There is prose mixed with poetry mixed with abbrevi-cons all through when a couple of the characters are talking. The story itself it about a trio of folks--two pot breeders and mixers and their crazy girlfriend. I hear that there's a movie out, but I'm not sure I'm cool enough to follow the dialogue on film.
it isn't Shakespeare, not even Cormac McCarthy, but it sure is one hell of a read if your looking for something akin to the book version of Grand Theft Auto.