kayeness's review against another edition
3.0
This is really a re-read, but I haven't read it this century. Wambaugh is a great storyteller but it's harder to enjoy his stuff with more knowledge of the problems in policing. Still a lot of fun.
scott_a_miller's review
5.0
I forgot how great Waumbaugh is. It's probably been 25 years since I read him. Four more books in the series. Great characters, better stories.
hslk0111's review
3.0
I thought perhaps this book would be very similar to Dragnet or Adam-12. Of course it wasn't and I shouldn't have expected it to be. Several storylines are included and the characters are unique. I'll probably read the next in the series at some point.
5wamp_creature's review
3.0
Fun episodic quick read cop stories all brought together pretty nicely in the denouement. A few elements of the ending tie-ups border on science fiction or I might give four stars. But I will read more wambaugh.
aturtlesnestbookreviews's review against another edition
5.0
I have been reading around this book for a while now. When am I going to learn 1. My dad had good taste in cop books and 2. Not to judge a book by it's cover. Turned out to be awesome, it was about one group of Hollywood Station Officers and we bounce around on assignments with them. Some arts are hilarious! By the end you love each and everyone of them. 5 Stars Mr. Wambaugh.
ericwelch's review against another edition
3.0
Usually I really like Wambaugh. This one was just a little different and, while enjoyable as a fast read, didn't have his usual flair. It seems almost a bunch of vignettes barely strung together and it seemed an unusually dark view of the world (and I don't mind dark at all, usually.)
ibeforem's review
5.0
This was really great. Different than other crime novels I’ve read lately, it focused more on the people than on the crime. Wambaugh grabbed me from the start with a fast-paced, no added narration dialogue between two cops forever known only as “Flotsam” and “Jetsam”. From there you meet an increasingly colorful cast of characters that includes cops and criminals alike. I thoroughly enjoyed this sojourn to “Hollyweird”.
alarra's review
2.0
While I enjoyed bits and pieces of this, I was annoyed enough by certain partner-relationships and by the looseness of the narrative not to enjoy it as much as some of the other Wambaugh books I read before and after this one.
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