A review by neeuqdrazil
Savages by Don Winslow

4.0

I saw the Oliver Stone movie of this a few years ago, and absolutely adored it, but hadn't realised that it was based on a novel.

The novel is different, but I still really enjoyed it. Ben and Chon and O are fascinating characters (although O had a smaller role in the book than she did in the movie).

This is written half stream-of-consciousness, half 'normal' storytelling, but it works. It pulls you along, and doesn't let up until the very end.

It's very violent, and very drug-ridden (to be expected in a novel about a couple of pot growers), but it WORKS.