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City on Fire
by Don Winslow
adventurous
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
🍀 Danny Ryan is part of an Irish crime family in New England competing with their Italian rivals. The clans manage to coexist until a woman causes tensions between them to boil over. Danny’s hope for a life outside of crime is interrupted when he is thrust into becoming the family’s leader. He must navigate complicated loyalties, plan the next move all while trying to avoid violence and bloodshed.
🍀 This was my first Don Winslow novel - I was impressed by both the story and storytelling. This book is a powder keg waiting to blow at any page. The anticipation of the next act of violence kept me reading, always with a bit of trepidation – and I mean that in a good way. When I think of books about the mob, I don’t typically think of the mid-1980s. It reads a little like an update of an older theme and it works. The mob is tired, seeking the next generation of leaders and torn between the traditional ways of making money and the lucrative but worrisome world of drug trafficking. Loyalty, at times uncomfortable and moral questions are explored so well in City on Fire. I’m looking forward to second book in this planned trilogy.
🎵 A City on Fire Playlist:
The Cure – Disintegration
Echo and the Bunnymen – Porcupine
The Psychedelic Furs – Forever Now
🍀 This was my first Don Winslow novel - I was impressed by both the story and storytelling. This book is a powder keg waiting to blow at any page. The anticipation of the next act of violence kept me reading, always with a bit of trepidation – and I mean that in a good way. When I think of books about the mob, I don’t typically think of the mid-1980s. It reads a little like an update of an older theme and it works. The mob is tired, seeking the next generation of leaders and torn between the traditional ways of making money and the lucrative but worrisome world of drug trafficking. Loyalty, at times uncomfortable and moral questions are explored so well in City on Fire. I’m looking forward to second book in this planned trilogy.
🎵 A City on Fire Playlist:
The Cure – Disintegration
Echo and the Bunnymen – Porcupine
The Psychedelic Furs – Forever Now