Excellent
Steve12698
11-02-2025
Excellent wrap up to this saga.
Great Ending to the trilogy!
KllSlasher
21-10-2024
I enjoyed the ending to this masterfully told trilogy. Don Winslow has done it again!
Not his best
DonnieboyT
05-01-2024
It’s too bad as the first three books were great. Hard to follow, many names and places jumping around. Didn’t care for jabs at the political scene either.
Fantastic
zbuck1970
05-08-2022
What a fantastic journey this was, awesome book! Thank You!
Went to far
Ugi Ugi Ugi
23-06-2022
I have read Winslow’s ‘cartel’ series and don’t understand why he went full CNN in this book. I can accept some political leaning but he is not subtle in attacking half the US population as idiots. Disappointing end to an otherwise good trilogy.
Outstanding
rledford4113
03-10-2021
Outstanding ending to an outstanding series.
Outstanding!
Robidobidoo
19-06-2021
Could not put this book down. My heart was racing as I read this book. I will now ready all of the books this author has written.
A stunning conclusion
Big Ol Braun
06-11-2020
Don Winslow does it again, in one of the best thriller series that has truly captured the good, the bad, and the ugly on both sides of “The Border.” In Winslow fashion, the numerous stories that interweave throughout the series are summed up, we are left wondering only this. Will Don Winslow ever write such an in-depth, well researched series again?
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JJRSpr
21-06-2020
Terrible...pass on this snoozer.
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Davet1235
11-04-2020
This is the fifth Don Winslow book I have read. I enjoyed the previous ones but really disliked this book. The book is very political, he spends so much time displaying his like for conservatives that it is not enjoyable. I don’t like books that take a political stand one way or the other, I read Winslow’s book for the entertainment value. If his future books are like this one I won’t be buying another.
Boring, poor attempt to make political comments
JrCoyoteCoach
25-03-2020
I struggled to get through this book. It was by far the worst book that I have read in the past 5 years. Not only was the book boring, but the author involved his political views in an otherwise fiction story. If I want to read his political views, I’ll buy a political book. When I buy a fiction book, I want to read for the entertainment value. Sadly, this book had none. The author failed to make the heroes compelling characters and the “action” scenes were far short of detail and boring. Even the conversations between characters were unrealistic. I can’t think of one positive thing to say about this book. I will never buy another book written by this author. It was that bad.
Winslow’s trilogy.
buz zarcroft
18-10-2019
Best I have ever read. I recommend to all that want to know about the problems that are south of the border.
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Sniper729
08-08-2019
Great book!! The story the characters it’s amazing. It’s also funny how it knocks Donald Trump. Bit Donald Trump won. #MAGA
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Cyber_Grunt
02-07-2019
A Snow Flake author..... Word is he’s looking for a safe place to write his next bag of BS.... Get over it already
Partisan drivel
Bizhub owner
14-04-2019
Enjoyed his previous books but this was convoluted and full of leftist preaching. I’m not a Trump fan but Winslow definitely has a case of the derangement syndrome. And if you’re going to trash law enforcement perhaps you should read the DOJ report on Ferguson before using that as an example.
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Goetz0355
12-04-2019
My favorite author of “The Cartel” had to get political! Why?? A hard to believe story that the DEA Boss would hate a president running on Border Control! Same old song and dance to bash Trump in a fictional story about a real issue. Could have been great, but you lost this fan. Sad Mr. Winslow.
Alt Right Animus
Banjolier
11-04-2019
Great book, but the cartoonish portrayal of the “Alt-Right” super villains degraded the quality of the story. His book, do what he wants, but liberal preachiness is never less than tiresome.
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abw66
06-04-2019
I was reading fiction to escape reality. If I wanted politics I would have chosen that genre or not read at all & just watch news.
Great book
Cut wood
06-04-2019
Another great book by Winslow. Well written, interesting, and lots to think about.
Least favorite Don Winslow book
AJB1313
03-04-2019
I’m a huge fan of Don Winslow’s Cartel series but this book left much to be desired. The plot is decent but not nearly as good as his past works.
My biggest issue with the book is the political BS. Clearly the fascist, racist character John Dennison is supposed to be Donald Trump. We get it Don, you’re not a fan of the president.
I read your books to be entertained by fiction and to get away from news and politics. Unfortunately, Don couldn’t keep his seething hatred for the president out of his latest book and the entire piece suffers.
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Tjader26
30-03-2019
From the moment I picked up this book, I knew I was in for a wild ride. Winslow writes with such detailed particularity that , at times, you actually think he was at the scene. He goes with ten year old Nico in one chapter, you feel as if you are there on La Bestia for the entire train ride. I’m not giving away anything here so you’ll have to read the book, and, at times you might thank me for pointing to this book. I’ve read all three and loved them all. You will be zipped through Mexico, Central America, through, the good and the bad placers right here in America. Don’t miss this since if the is made into a movie, it will make the movie Sicario’s seem like a Disney movie.
Modern politics have no place here
Jerry's Middle Finger
23-03-2019
The political stance of the author in this novel such a poor fit and disappointing.
I have re-read The Cartel eight times at the time of this review, just to show that I adore the author’s work. While there was certainly some politics in the previous novels of the series, none were as heavy handed as this. They were mostly vague references with light criticisms here and there, that mostly left the actual plot contained to an enjoyable FICTIONAL conflict. Here there is a literal stand-in for the current POTUS. Regardless of the readers political leanings, it still distracts abundantly and often from the mediocre drama and intrigue of the actual plot. Also REGARDING the political position of the reader; It is much more difficult to become immersed into a (reminder) FICTIONAL WORLD when the author constantly reminds you what his political position is and goes further in his book to validate his positions. Most readers do not want to feel like they’re reading a CNN article when they read a fiction novel.
Look, I understand what Mr. Winslow is trying to do. He wants to show how he would solve the current drug crisis occurring throughout the western world and especially in the US. This doesn’t make for a good fiction novel, however. It doesn’t even make for a good entry in this series. It’s just not “fun” reading a pseudo-hit piece on current elected officials in a series whose drama and intrigue has kept me javing fun throughout.
Speaking of such things, the book cannot lean on them. Compared to The Power of the Dog and The Cartel, there is very little to be excited about in this addition. Much of the writing goes on and on about mundane details. Few of the characters were more than two-dimensional and there were even fewer arcs, only one of which made me interested in seeing it through. Thirty percent of this book should have been edited out as technical drivel and over-visualization.
Today it is so common to insert real-life modern politics into mediums they have no place in.
Tasteless is what I call it. Not-so-coincidentally this is how I describe The Border.
Brilliant end of the trilogy
Mierda1973
18-03-2019
Another hit by Mr. Winslow, who does expertly dissect the intertwined world of drugs, corruption, finance and politics in such a deep and realistic manner. This was a great end of the trilogy started with The Power of the Dog. All three books so rich in history, politics, the church, the human being lowest points... Congratulations Mr. Winslow, it’s truly difficult to successfully close a 20-year trilogy the way you have mastered it.
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PRogers1
17-03-2019
Regardless of the author’s political beliefs and regardless of whether they align with my own, I don’t want to be constantly bombarded with shallow partisan comments while I read B-level (at best) fiction. Such books are meant for entertainment, and by doing so, the author destroys the sole purpose of reading the crap. I stopped reading around the halfway point because the mild entertainment value was significantly outweighed by the annoyance of author’s political sniping. If you’re like me, don’t buy this book.
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B33P3R
10-03-2019
Another excellent read Don Winslow writes classics
Political view, not a great story to end a great series
AustinBellig14
08-03-2019
People read books like these to be entertained, not hear your political point of view, taking over a good story and making the book way longer than it needed. Stinks you did this, really liked your books prior.
A must read.
Inoges
08-03-2019
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