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Summary: Good half
Review: The first half of the book was outstanding, I could not put it down. Somewhere in the middle, however, the story got silly. The whole notion of his decifering this drawing to soon become a tatoo, and only one tatooist capable of doing the job was simply ridiculous. I'd like to give Mr. Hunter another try, only this time, I'll check it out of the library.
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Summary: Another great book
Review: I have read four of Mr. Hunters books and haven,t been disappointed yet. Great action and suspence. I highly recommend this one.
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Summary: Chillingly exciting.
Review: Spectacular suspense, action and thrills. In your heart of hearts you know these type of people exist. After reading the book you will sleep with your light on for a couple of nights. Stephen Hunter is a spectacular writer who never has disappointed me.
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Summary: the worst thing ever
Review: this book is the worst thing ever and anyone who thinks otherwise is sad. Attempting to regain the time I spent reading it I lied to a friend and said oh this is really good you must read it. He read it and said oh you are a bad man. the opening description of Lamar Pie and his physical prowess was a warning I did not heed, oh woe. the characters are so bad, for instance Bud Pewtie oh. James Ellroy said that this book was good and that it hummed with the rhythm of blue grass and it does not.So many authors have taken the detective genre and written amazing novels- James Ellroy's American Tabloid is a fine example and to be fair maybe they tricked him. I do not know why this was published. But if you read this review order the book. If you all read it my revenge will be complete.
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Summary: Great Thriller
Review: A terrific follow-up to Point of Impact. This book is that rare thing, a character-driven thriller. The good guys have serious flaws and the bad guys have redeeming qualities. Just as in life we are not wholly good or evil, so it is in this book. Three white trash convicts break out of jail and rampage across Oklahoma. Trooper Bud Pewtie has the bad luck to encounter them on a routine call to check on a car registration. He survives to fight again. Twice!! Bud who is a married man with children, is involved with a young woman who is married to his partner. Lamar Pye, the leader of the outlaws, is devoted to his mentally and physically challanged cousin, Odell, who escaped with him from prison, along with Richard, a meek artist from a prominent family who is taken along because Lamar admires his ability to draw lions. Lions represent Lamar's vision of himself as conqueror and king. This is a fast-paced, well written thriller. I consider it as good as its predecessor, Point of Impact, and that is high praise indeed.
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Summary: These Boys Rock!
Review: This is one of the most intense thrillers I've ever read, a perfect blend of dark humor, wild action and edge-of-your-seat suspense. Hunter creates three dimensional characters - his good guys have flaws and his bad guys have virtues - and this seems to have disturbed some other reviewers on this page. I wouldn't have it any other way. The world is not black and white. Why should our crime fiction be? I have known people just like many of the characters in this book. As extreme as the action gets, the personalities involved remain completely credible. Hunter is a master of mayhem and a canny observer of human nature. His books are always complex and loaded with fascinating detail. DIRTY WHITE BOYS is one of his best.
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Summary: The best Hunter I have read, so far...
Review: This is the fourth Stephen Hunter novel I have read, and this one is the best. Dirty White Boys is an example of stripping down the "thriller" genre, trimming away all of the fat that surrounds the meat of most thriller novels: the violence. There are no apologies for this novel, it is a deliberate, direct, full thrust adrenaline shot through the sternum. Hunter uses this novel to shine a light on facts that most of us would rather leave in the dark corners of our mind. The facts: violence, as horrible and shocking as it may be, is alluring; the violent predator, as repulsive as he may be in his actions, often draws misguided respect and admiration for his cold confidence and narrow focus. The perfect contrast to this novel would be the thriller that presents the polished hit man as a charismatic, redeemable character, whose only flaw is, once in awhile he kills someone for money. Hunter doesn't buy into that nonsense, and presents killers as what they are: frightening, violent, bottom feeders that select victims as quickly as someone gets in their way. With Dirty White Boys, Hunter says: Here it is..violent and horrible...but you know you love it!
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Summary: It's OK for what it is. There is potential to be better.
Review: What it is is mayhem garnished with some good ol' boy redneck-speak. Hunter has some potential but he could've whittled the book down to half its current size. There are internal dialogues that are too often and too long, extraneous characters and lots of descriptions to the feature sets on firearms. Hunter tried to size up characters, which I can appreciate - but given all the words he devoted to the task, it shows that he was not efficient or effective at it. At times I think the book wanted to be funny but I was not sure if it supposed to be funny with gallows humor or just plain funny. As you might see, I did not find it funny. The limitations of my humor are such that I don't allow humor in a story that has brutal scenes of violence perpetrated by amoral characters.
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Summary: Book lacks a moral rudder
Review: Hunter writes with a lot of energy and adrenaline, but the book is shallow. It reads like one of those empty-headed action movies starring Bruce Willis. I probably won't be reading any Stephan Hunter books after this one, but I am half-curious what he could do if he wrote something more worthy of his obvious talents.
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Summary: No Redeeming Qualities About This Book
Review: This book is about disgusting people. Even the "good guys" are disgusting. Extremely violent, every other word is a profanity. I should have guessed it was going to be bad from the title, but I felt like I needed to read it if I was going to review it. I love thrillers and action books, but this was just too gross for me. I read "Point of Impact", which I enjoyed, but because of this book, I probably won't read any more of Stephen Hunter.
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