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komali_2's review against another edition
3.0
I downloaded this book on my phone because it was free. I was pretty surprised when it turned out to be awesome.
This is a kickass story, and it reads like a good action movie. There are times when I was tensed up by the awesomeness, and wanted to jump on my chair and shout about how awesome Hank (the main character) is, but of course nobody does that sort of thing. My butt cheeks did clench in excitement at the final fight though, so take that under consideration.
Anyway, it's a story about a guy who goes around and kicks ass. Apparently it's part of a trilogy, although that doesn't really matter. Reading it alone worked out fine. It's a breezy read, I finished it in about three days. If you're looking for a nice and quick fix for your action fiction needs, this is the place to get it.
Also Hank shoves his foot up someones asshole. Three times. Seriously, read about this guy. He's great.
This is a kickass story, and it reads like a good action movie. There are times when I was tensed up by the awesomeness, and wanted to jump on my chair and shout about how awesome Hank (the main character) is, but of course nobody does that sort of thing. My butt cheeks did clench in excitement at the final fight though, so take that under consideration.
Anyway, it's a story about a guy who goes around and kicks ass. Apparently it's part of a trilogy, although that doesn't really matter. Reading it alone worked out fine. It's a breezy read, I finished it in about three days. If you're looking for a nice and quick fix for your action fiction needs, this is the place to get it.
Also Hank shoves his foot up someones asshole. Three times. Seriously, read about this guy. He's great.
songwind's review against another edition
3.0
Charlie Huston's "Hank Thompson" series is a fun read, with a believable story arc for the characters involved. It's not great literature, but not hackwork either. Huston is a master of "natural" dialog, where exchanges between characters sound like real life conversations. This is both a blessing and a curse.
If you like crime stories, and stories where the protagonist gets in over his head, give this a look.
If you like crime stories, and stories where the protagonist gets in over his head, give this a look.
slichto3's review against another edition
4.0
This is a really good book. It's exciting, it's moving, it kind of feels real even though it's kind of ridiculous. It's also a terrific ending to this series.
A Dangerous Man is the final book in the Hank Thompson trilogy. The first two books - Caught Stealing and Six Bad Things - are also really, really good. This one picks up a bit after Six Bad Things leaves off. Hank (who everyone is calling Henry now) is working for David Dolokhov as a "dangerous man" - basically, he beats up/kills people that David wants him to. Everything is going pretty crappy for Henry: he's wracked with guilt over what he's done and he's pretty drug-dependent. He's also started screwing up a lot of David's assignment. So David gives him an easy one: help protect and escort an incredibly talented but gambling obsessed baseball phenom. In New York. Like in the other books, everything gets crazy. Henry is on the run for his life again, and he tries to make things right.
It's all very addictive. I read this book super quickly because I just didn't want to put it down. It doesn't have quite the same height of suspense as the previous iterations, but it still has most of the magic: the grittiness, the excitement, and the little bit of heart. I'd highly recommend this series: just don't read it out of order.
A Dangerous Man is the final book in the Hank Thompson trilogy. The first two books - Caught Stealing and Six Bad Things - are also really, really good. This one picks up a bit after Six Bad Things leaves off. Hank (who everyone is calling Henry now) is working for David Dolokhov as a "dangerous man" - basically, he beats up/kills people that David wants him to. Everything is going pretty crappy for Henry: he's wracked with guilt over what he's done and he's pretty drug-dependent. He's also started screwing up a lot of David's assignment. So David gives him an easy one: help protect and escort an incredibly talented but gambling obsessed baseball phenom. In New York. Like in the other books, everything gets crazy. Henry is on the run for his life again, and he tries to make things right.
It's all very addictive. I read this book super quickly because I just didn't want to put it down. It doesn't have quite the same height of suspense as the previous iterations, but it still has most of the magic: the grittiness, the excitement, and the little bit of heart. I'd highly recommend this series: just don't read it out of order.
woody1881's review against another edition
5.0
Excellent and very fast paced, just like the first two books in the series. I wish this series never ended!
ris_stitches's review against another edition
5.0
I really enjoyed it! This might have been my favorite in the series. Gripping and graphic, each of the books in this series has you sucked in within the first 2 pages, and makes you turn away at some of the graphic depictions of Henry's (and others') crimes. Like I said before, not the usual kind of book I read, but I've found myself a Charlie Huston fan. Might have to find a few of his other books.
sandin954's review against another edition
3.0
While dark and grimly violent I did think this was a fitting conclusion to the Hank Thompson trilogy. Was put off a bit though by the no quotation marks style (I had listened to the previous two installments on audio) but did get used to it in the end.
rocketiza's review against another edition
5.0
Charlie Huston doesn't do character building in his novels, he does character destroying. He starts out with a fully fleshed out and formed human being, and then he breaks that poor mother down so hard that it's difficult to read the tragedy he heaps on them. This novel was all I could have ever asked for as the final book in the arc of this trilogy.
radiojen's review against another edition
3.0
I didn't realize until after I had finished this book that it was the third in a series. I really only read it to begin with because it was a free download from Kindle.
The first half of the book was a bit confusing and did not really hold my attention. I found myself having to reread several pages because I realized I was skimming the words, not really paying attention to what I was reading. However, I hate to start a book and not finish it, so I plugged away. When the book was nearly over, I actually found myself enjoying it. Maybe if I had read the first two books, this one would have been a little more enjoyable to me.
The story is told by the main character in the story, who occasionally skips back and forth (Pulp Fiction style) between two different things that are going on -- the current situation he has gotten himself into and then something in the future that happens that we will eventually learn. See what I mean by how this can be pretty confusing?
There's a lot of violence, bad language and adult situations (drugs, sexual situations, etc). I actually think this wouldn't make a half-bad movie, but this is something I'd much rather see on the big screen than read about.
The first half of the book was a bit confusing and did not really hold my attention. I found myself having to reread several pages because I realized I was skimming the words, not really paying attention to what I was reading. However, I hate to start a book and not finish it, so I plugged away. When the book was nearly over, I actually found myself enjoying it. Maybe if I had read the first two books, this one would have been a little more enjoyable to me.
The story is told by the main character in the story, who occasionally skips back and forth (Pulp Fiction style) between two different things that are going on -- the current situation he has gotten himself into and then something in the future that happens that we will eventually learn. See what I mean by how this can be pretty confusing?
There's a lot of violence, bad language and adult situations (drugs, sexual situations, etc). I actually think this wouldn't make a half-bad movie, but this is something I'd much rather see on the big screen than read about.
bunnieslikediamonds's review against another edition
3.0
Charlie Huston's writing is always enjoyable, but this final book in the Hank Thompson trilogy didn't move me. It only took a couple of hours to read and didn't really feel like a novel in it's own right. The pill-popping and violence got old real quick, but it was nice to get some closure.