A review by killerpancake
The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

HUGE warning for people, if you’re not into some real brutality on the page then swerve. But if you are curious I cannot recommend this book enough. I will be thinking about the drug trade and its impact on individuals for a long time.

Well researched, incredibly well told, gripping, beyond brutal… this book is an achievement.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Chapter 8

Pilar’s death was so intense…