274 reviews for:

Le belve

Don Winslow

3.74 AVERAGE

dark lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Audible free, started out poorly, then improved. Was tough to grade. Ultimately, however, I'm looking at maybe reading more of his books

Too explicit. 

Started September 17th 2013.
The Blu-ray (uncut + extended) of the film is waiting to be seen, one more incentive to read this book fast.
(Paused reading this book on September, 21st 2013 to read something different, this is hipp and current in the language section, but somehow this does nothing for me ( 404 for someone being absent eg.).

4 good hits

What the fuck I just read, I do not know, but I really enjoyed it. Good book.

Super graphic. Needless to say I loved it. If a Quentin Tarantino film became a book (and was less violent) this would be it. Like O, I loved Ben AND Chon... impossible to choose in my opinion. The ending was perfect, which is something I can't often say about a book, even if I love it all the way through.


Not my usual genre, but Winslow is very good at it. Highly improbable, but great fun.

I've not seen chapters organized as such as Winslow. One paragraph, one sentence, one word chapters and those are structured in a haiku, free-form poetry type of flow. The chapters aren't stagnant with one character; each character's view gets its moment in the spotlight but with an easy merge from one to the next. I'm not usually one for crime, drug cartel, shoot-em-up type movies or books, but Winslow paints a pretty picture with this one. There is some beautiful craftsmanship in this novel.

The writing style made this book
adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I hated this book. I couldn't even finish it.