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ericwelch's review against another edition
I know several GR friends recommended this, but perhaps I'm going through too much of a reality phase. I just could not get into this. Got about half way through and chucked it.
bhalpin's review
4.0
It seems like Charlie Huston isn't writing crime novels anymore, so I've been saving this, the only one of his crime novels I haven't read. This one features not only the violence, tough talk, and plans going horribly wrong that you'd expect, but also a more authentic depiction of the friendships of teenage boys than I've seen in most YA.
Having said that, I didn't love it as much as I did Huston's other crime novels, but I can't put my finger on why. Maybe because there's something about kids in serious danger that freaks me out a little too much. Still, if you've liked Huston's other crime novels, you'll like this one too.
Having said that, I didn't love it as much as I did Huston's other crime novels, but I can't put my finger on why. Maybe because there's something about kids in serious danger that freaks me out a little too much. Still, if you've liked Huston's other crime novels, you'll like this one too.
sciphi's review
5.0
There is such a sense of truth, a depiction of youth that resonated with me, at the beginning of this book, that it lured me into believing it was a literary coming-of-age novel, in the vein of the best of Grisham ('Painted House')
Because of this flawed assumption, I was blind-sided when the simple drama began to spin into the Author's now-familiar trademark of excessive action . It's due to this book's melding of literary characterization and mind-blowing criminality that I have read every other novel he's published.
Because of this flawed assumption, I was blind-sided when the simple drama began to spin into the Author's now-familiar trademark of excessive action . It's due to this book's melding of literary characterization and mind-blowing criminality that I have read every other novel he's published.
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