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| Title | : | Savages (Savages #2) |
| Author | : | Don Winslow |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 302 pages |
| Published | : | July 13th 2010 by Simon Schuster (first published January 1st 2010) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Mystery. Crime. Thriller. Mystery Thriller |
Don Winslow
Hardcover | Pages: 302 pages Rating: 3.84 | 15878 Users | 1674 Reviews
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Part-time environmentalist and philanthropist Ben and his ex-mercenary buddy Chon run a Laguna Beach-based marijuana operation, reaping significant profits from their loyal clientele. In the past when their turf was challenged, Chon took care of eliminating the threat. But now they may have come up against something that they can't handle -- the Mexican Baja Cartel wants in, sending them the message that a "no" is unacceptable. When they refuse to back down, the cartel escalates its threat, kidnapping Ophelia, the boys' playmate and confidante. O's abduction sets off a dizzying array of ingenious negotiations and gripping plot twists that will captivate readers eager to learn the costs of freedom and the price of one amazing high.
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| Original Title: | Savages |
| ISBN: | 1439183368 (ISBN13: 9781439183366) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Savages #2 |
| Literary Awards: | Barry Award Nominee for Best Novel (2011), Dilys Award Nominee (2011), Deutscher Krimi Preis for 2. Platz International (0), San Francisco Book Festival for General Fiction (2011) |
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Ratings: 3.84 From 15878 Users | 1674 ReviewsColumn Regarding Books Savages (Savages #2)
If these two wordsmithing masters of dialogue, tone and hip colloquialisms ever had a literary LOVE CHILD..it would DON WINSLOW.I loved, loved, loved every single page of this thrilltastic story. Don Winslow has instantly become an author whose next book I will buy sight unseen. His writing, his tone, his slick as shit story-telling are all intelligent, original, hiply sparse and kick-ass coolio. The basic plot is very simple (though the execution of it is anything but). Chon and Ben are theYour strengths are your weaknesses.The more you try to protect something, the more vulnerable you make it. Don Winslow, Savages"We reinvented ourselves every day, remade our culture, locked ourselves in gated communities, we ate healthy food, we gave up smoking, we lifted our faces while avoiding the sun, we had our skin peeled, our lines removed, our fat sucked away like our unwanted babies, we defied aging and death. We made gods of wealth and health. A religion of narcissism.In the end, we
What's with the hype? This book was a snooze. A hatchet job. A pastiche of Tarantino, Roger Avary, Ritchie, Brett Easton Ellis etc. My advice...stick to those guys because chances are you've seen it & read it all before only much, much better.Savages, Schmavages. A totally played out story line (which was unbelievable BTW), with recycled storytelling, featuring snappy, hipster dialog that tries SOOOOOO hard to have pop cultural significance in the vain attempts of being ingratiated into
There's a good story here, and it's told in a blisteringly fast manner that would work really well if the author weren't so obsessed with showing how "hip" he is by making up pretend slang that no young (or non-young) person has ever used. The corny wordplay and ridiculous geographic nicknames peppered throughout the book are just painful to read. There was much cringing. It's what you would get if you put Diablo Cody's "Juno" character into a movie about a brutal drug war in which a bunch of
"There is nothing so small that it does not save its life if it has the courage to defend itself against those who would lay hand on it." - Brasidas of Sparta, quoted by Plutarch.Perhaps, one star for the story, one star for Don Winslow (I really, really liked The Cartel, The Power of the Dog, and The Winter of Frankie Machine), one star for its boldness, etc., but I'd almost like to remove a star for the awful sex writing. I'll leave it at 3-stars because almost no one can write about sex well,
Amazing. Unputdownable. Off to buy every single book Winslow has written. LOVE LOVE LOVE. Review to come in August.
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