rubberbookishsoul's review
dark
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
jdgcreates's review
3.0
How does poverty and economic recession shape a person? How about greed? We find out what first one, then the other do to James Lasseter and his wife, to the pot growers, dealers, and fellow mules who come to invade their existence. This is not a novel of simplistic morality or even of living outside the law; it is a twisted road to Hell and a cautionary tale about the choices we make out of desperation of one kind or another. I found it very fascinating to get an inside look at a world of drug smuggling that is totally foreign to me, and now also even more repulsive than it was in my imagination. With good pacing and a strong first-person narration, the only thing I didn't like about this wild ride was the abrupt and unresolved ending.
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