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A review by pio_near
The Border by Don Winslow
5.0
Brilliant! A tour de force of crime writing today!
Drug families, double-crosses, vendettas... they're all there!!
In a superb narrative of the ongoing drug war, Winslow gives voice to thousands of affected men, women, children, agents and shot callers that both perpetuate and seek to dismantle the drug cartels that plague society. Painting real stories from both the distributor and user perspective, Don pays homage to the fallen of this war... those shot down in deals to those looking to score on corners.
With overflowing humanity, Winslow paints people at their lowest point and at their shining peak to encapsulate the difference of wealth the government, trust-funders and politicos have from the average, down-on-their-lucks and hardworking folks today.
While abjectly bleak at times, this book (and though I have not read it personally, the series) shows us that there is overwhelming good in society.
I feel the real question Don raises is... will WE be the change. Do we stand up to wrong, tyrany and crime, or do we go along with what the past has wroght?
A strong series, and an obvious choice for Greg Isles lovers!
Drug families, double-crosses, vendettas... they're all there!!
In a superb narrative of the ongoing drug war, Winslow gives voice to thousands of affected men, women, children, agents and shot callers that both perpetuate and seek to dismantle the drug cartels that plague society. Painting real stories from both the distributor and user perspective, Don pays homage to the fallen of this war... those shot down in deals to those looking to score on corners.
With overflowing humanity, Winslow paints people at their lowest point and at their shining peak to encapsulate the difference of wealth the government, trust-funders and politicos have from the average, down-on-their-lucks and hardworking folks today.
While abjectly bleak at times, this book (and though I have not read it personally, the series) shows us that there is overwhelming good in society.
I feel the real question Don raises is... will WE be the change. Do we stand up to wrong, tyrany and crime, or do we go along with what the past has wroght?
A strong series, and an obvious choice for Greg Isles lovers!