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The Shield

The Force by Don Winslow

January 30, 2020 by Jake Leave a Comment

Whoo man, this one…wow. I’ve always had mixed feelings on Don Winslow. Some of his books are full-of-themselves to the point of making me actively disdain the writing (The Death and Life of Bobby Z, Savages). Others are too broad in scope to get their full point across (The Power of the Dog). The Winter of Frankie Machine almost falls into the latter category but I really liked the voice of the lead character so it won out for me. Much like Frankie Machine, I picked this up because […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: don winslow, New York City, NYPD, police, The Force

Jake's CBR12 Review No:14 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: don winslow, New York City, NYPD, police, The Force ·
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Wave After Wave, Slowly Drifting…

The Winter of Frankie Machine by Don Winslow

January 6, 2020 by Jake Leave a Comment

A few days ago, I read Martin Scorsese’s interview reflecting on The Irishman and his career in general. A small tidbit in the interview was that he and frequent collaborator Robert De Niro had passed on adapting The Winter of Frankie Machine in the aughts. De Niro read it and liked it, almost as much as he did I Heard You Paint Houses, which was adapted into The Irishman.  The Irishman was one of the better movies I saw in 2019. I’m a big Martin Scorsese fan. When I read that […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: california, crime, don winslow, mafia, San Diego, The Winter of Frankie Machine

Jake's CBR12 Review No:2 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: california, crime, don winslow, mafia, San Diego, The Winter of Frankie Machine ·
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Do literally anything else with your time

August 21, 2016 by yesknopemaybe Leave a Comment

Full disclosure: I didn’t actually finish this book. However, I did read about 300 pages of this bloated novel, so I feel pretty comfortable writing a review. It was so tempting to finish The Cartel after reading so much of it but I just couldn’t bring myself to do it. Those are hours of my life I could be reading The Babysitter’s Club fanfiction or watching cat videos on youtube. I put this book on my TBR list after hearing a great interview Don Winslow […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: don winslow, Fiction, mystery, the cartel, thriller

yesknopemaybe's CBR8 Review No:54 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: don winslow, Fiction, mystery, the cartel, thriller ·
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