A review by this_is_the_way2
Black Mass: The Irish Mob, the Boston FBI, and a Devil's Deal by Dick Lehr

4.0

i liked this book a lot it was well written this book showed the full extent of corruption of the boston fbi office and showed the rise of whitey bulger i didn't realize how evil whitey burger was until the middle of the book i thought he was the protector of the people and had no drugs rule for south boston which wasn't the case turns out he did every crime he could think of murder extortion bribery drug dealing (he didn't deal the drugs but he forced all the drugs dealers to give him a take of the profits of them selling their drugs in south boston he wasn't part of the selling but he still made a profit out of their drug dealing so his myths of his persona was just a shield to what he really does
the corruption of the boston fbi office was so profound that i can't really explain it in words just read the book and you'll understand why i will say this that all the reports on burgers crimes was buried under paperwork and investigations of bulger and flemmi when the fbi was told of them it was leaked to bulger and flemmi and the investigations failed
this went on for 40+ years until people slowly figured out the reason why bulger and flemmi was untouchable from the law until the lawyers and police slowly connected all the dots
i give this book a 4 out of 10 stars because it dragged in the end probably because it was a different kind of book for me to read with it being a biography and i myself don't really read many biographys