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The Force, finished

The middle 80% of this book was terrific, but the ending -- like the beginning -- didn't work for me.

Plot: Danny makes yet another deal, this time by saving the city from a race by getting an iPhone video of a cop murdering a black teenager in exchange for no charges.  Of course, the deal goes entirely to hell, and the book ends up with a series of bloodbaths.  You need a scorecard to keep track of all the bodies.  In fact, there are so many at various points I'd find myself thinking:  Okay, which gang?  Dominicans, Mafia, Black, or maybe a rogue cop.

Final scene, Danny trying to undo the evil he has done -- and somewhat succeeding -- was better than the twenty pages that led to it. Apparently this is going to be a film.  I hope they combine characters and tidy up the plot.  Both would have made the book better.




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