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Mar 11, 2023larje3477 rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Did not finish it. The worst one of my favorite author.
Dec 20, 2022
I've read his California Fire and Life and The Gentlemans' Hour, but this book was rife with gratuitous f____k and the sh_t curse word that wrench the gut and made me close the cover. It's one thing for an author to quote folks using…
Aug 19, 2019richmole rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Crime in The Land of Drugs (USA, in case you didn't know) is a Don Winslow, specialty. The author has spent years and years chronicling the descent of civilization-as-we-knew-it in big, gritty, extremely well-researched drug-crime books.…
Jun 02, 2019
Written in the police detective noir style, this book is set in today’s New York City. The author’s use of place description takes me there to the tough gritty streets of the boroughs the main character polices. His characters seem…
Apr 11, 2018vgerken rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I was hoping for an experience like my favorite binge watchable shows give me and The Force delivered. I see in the notes the film rights have been optioned - casting Denny Malone is going to be difficult.
Nov 29, 2017
found this very dificult to wade tru but I hardly ever don't finish a book I start
Oct 26, 2017emerge rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I'd heard so much buzz about this one but in the end, it falls firmly onto my "ok" shelf. Maybe it's a matter of personal preference. I was expecting a gritty cop drama. That's part of it & the author clearly has encyclopedic knowledge of…
Oct 21, 2017vicchu rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I found this book pointlessly dark, and began to skim-read, sticking with it because I was curious how the plot was resolved. If this is dramatized, there will be a lot of yelling and agonized scenery-chewing. (As another reviewer pointed…
Sep 18, 2017whereisfredbeckey rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I tried, but no way could I finish. The story and characters didn't seem to have any meat - maybe this was supposed to be some kind of satire? Anyway, it just wasn't my cup of tea but in my opinion was all that well written either. From…
Sep 18, 2017marcom_pro rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
The Shield relocated to NYC with location references for authenticity.
Sep 06, 2017BShopsinger rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
This is the first Winslow book I have read. Each chapter tried to outdo the previous one in demonstrating how corrupt the entire NYPD and political machine is in NYC. Finished book but very disappointed in entire reading experience. Hard…
Aug 28, 2017KlayDyer rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
When Winslow is on point, The Force moves quickly and powerfully through crisp dialogue, tight plotting, and a compelling representation of one man's devolution from idealist through pragmatist through to corrupt, misanthropic cynic. …
Aug 20, 20170007548100dmw rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Returned, did not finish. Too much repetition from chapter to chapter. Could not get interested. Very disappointed with the book as The Cartel was a great book.
Aug 06, 2017
Winslow does it again. Another great read. Looking forward to more.
Jul 27, 2017ArapahoeAnnaL rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Fast-moving, action-packed, and fantastic! You may look at New York City cops and politics in a whole new way.
Jul 13, 2017srkmeyer rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
For the first time in quite a while I agree with the hype on the book covers. Winslow's best book to date. Drama, action, suspense around questions of morality, justice, ethics, greed & truth. It feels like there is a good deal of…
Jul 05, 2017CuriosityCounts rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
Over rated. Disappointing.
Jul 03, 2017
Very interesting book, hard to put down. I started it the evening of June 30 and was finished by the evening of July 1. I was hoping the ending would be the same as the ending to "The Winter of Frankie Machine" but I was disappointed. …
Jul 02, 2017susanchyn rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Don Winslow has created a world so intense, so real that a reader viscerally feels the tension, the highs and lows, from beginning to end. Through narrative twists and flashbacks, Winslow presents Irish mega-cop Dennis Malone in the middle…
Jun 26, 2017PearlyBaker rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I guess it was when mom moved to the city of Angels to be by her boyfriend's prison that I began to understand the reality of who we or they labeled "good guys" and "bad guys." At various times in life I've been a little of both myself. I…
Jun 26, 2017bill7215 rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I've read all of Winslow's books and was looking forward to THE FORCE. In my opinion, it is his weakest book to date. I felt the NYPD character Malone was so testosterone ladened, his cardboard structure nearly collapsed. A real…
Jun 23, 2017KAREN S HARRIS rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
Found myself skipping pages & hoping it would get better. No it didn't
Jun 18, 2017StarGladiator rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
I just found the characters in this novel to be trivial, unsophisticated, shallow and boring to the max! Lost interest throughout the book, although I did understand the NYPD corruption, seems common throughout America today. Reminded me…
Apr 23, 2017LPL_DirectorBrad rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
JCLGreggW is spot on. Just finished reading an advanced copy of The Force. It's completely engrossing and delves considerably deeper than most crime novels into the morality and psychology of good/bad, right/wrong, and how we can slowly…
Apr 06, 2017JCLGreggW rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This might well be 2017's crime noir masterpiece. Taking us behind the scenes of an elite NYPD squad who rule the streets of Upper Manhattan, Winslow's epic is "Goodfellas" by way of corrupt cops.