The Force: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (556 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01M1549OD |
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| Number of Pages | : | 534 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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"It's not the Cartel, but what is?" according to spike. Winslow is one of my favorite authors. Cartel was one of my top ten books of all time. The Force is good, but it isn't the Cartel. I've read all of Winslows books and this is my least favorite.It starts out with the main character in jail and just gets relentlessly bleaker and blacker the rest of the novel. If you're on anti depressants you may want to increase your dosage before you start.There's no one in this book that I cared about or had any feelings for. There are no good guys.Malone, th. Mr Majestik said Sadly, his weakest book. I’ve enjoyed reading Winslow’s prior novels like California Fire and Life, The Winter of Frankie Machine and The Gentlemen's Hour. But his latest is a dud. I found it one dimensional, full of cliches and unlikeable characters. But hey, he’s written over a dozen good books, so even a champ has to lose once in awhile.. Let the details lure you in, and brace yourself for the ride As a big Winslow fan, I had The Force preordered well before the release date. I was so excited to begin it that I pawned off two meetings and family movie night (I know, I know). I was starting to get a little disappointed based on the excessive detail and backstories but stayed with it knowing that my own anticipation was the main cause of my sulking. Wow, am I grateful. The twists, turns, and excitement forced me to skip the gym at lunch two days in a row just to finish the book. The amount
What only a few know is that Denny Malone is dirty: he and his partners have stolen millions of dollars in drugs and cash in the wake of the biggest heroin bust in the city’s history. Based on years of research inside the NYPD, this is the great cop novel of our time and a book only Don Winslow could write: a haunting and heartbreaking story of greed and violence, inequality and race, crime and injustice, retribution and redemption that reveals the seemingly insurmountable tensions between the police and the diverse citizens they serve. Think The Godfather, only with cops. He’s done whatever it takes to serve and protect in a city built by ambition and corruption, where no one is
It's that good.'' --Stephen King''Intensely human in its tragic details, positively Shakespearian in its epic sweep -- probably the best cop novel ever written.'' --Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author''Winslow peers into the soul of modern America through the eyes of a supremely skilled and corrupt police officer, in this epic novel of devastating moral complexity.'' --Publishers Weekly (starred review)''Fast-moving riveting and scary -- in a lot of ways The action -- a lot of it related in one- or two-sentence paragraphs that rocket you through the tale -- is, as you might expect, cinematic. ''The Force is mesmerizing, a triumph. It's often funny, ironic, and tense.'' --Washington Post''Winslow's shattering New York cop epic about an elite task force leader who's a hero until he's not recalls Sidn
Savages was made into a critically acclaimed film by three-time Oscar winner Oliver Stone. DON WINSLOW is the author of nineteen, award-winning, international bestsellers -- including the #1 international bestseller The Cartel, The Power of the Dog, Savages and The Winter of Frankie Machine. Audiobook Narrator DION GRAHAM, from