- Paperback: 294 pages
- Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; Reprint edition (Feb 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0061766348
- ISBN-13: 978-0061766343
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 14 x 1.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 562,579 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Easy, breezy, incredibly fun
23 Jan 2010
Format:Hardcover
Absolutely adored this debut novel. I love crime capers in general so this was a great addition. Think Elmore Leonard, with the mixture of humor and twists and turns.
The plot is pretty basic - guy gets in over his head (thanks to a beautiful woman) and has to evade two very brutal mobsters. Set in Las Vegas and Panama, the book isn't going to win awards for reinventing a new plot but it takes the tried and true and makes it feel fresh and clever. The double crosses are fantastic, and characters stay true to themselves. The plot twists come fast and furious.
All of the characters, from the smallest players like an assistant's assistant, to the main characters of Shake and Gina are memorable. You root for the good guys because they are really good. You root against the bad guys because they are really bad. And Gina, well, she's something else altogether. A very interesting character who again, stays true to herself. She is who she is, love her or hate her, take it or leave it. And like Shake, the readers can't help but want to take it and love her.
I read this book in two nights and I don't know how anyone else can put it down. The action picks up from page 1 and doesn't ever let go. The dialogue is bouncy and refreshing, the characters are interesting, the action is exciting, the writing is wonderful. If you like crime capers and are looking for a new writer to believe in, here is Lou Berney.
The plot is pretty basic - guy gets in over his head (thanks to a beautiful woman) and has to evade two very brutal mobsters. Set in Las Vegas and Panama, the book isn't going to win awards for reinventing a new plot but it takes the tried and true and makes it feel fresh and clever. The double crosses are fantastic, and characters stay true to themselves. The plot twists come fast and furious.
All of the characters, from the smallest players like an assistant's assistant, to the main characters of Shake and Gina are memorable. You root for the good guys because they are really good. You root against the bad guys because they are really bad. And Gina, well, she's something else altogether. A very interesting character who again, stays true to herself. She is who she is, love her or hate her, take it or leave it. And like Shake, the readers can't help but want to take it and love her.
I read this book in two nights and I don't know how anyone else can put it down. The action picks up from page 1 and doesn't ever let go. The dialogue is bouncy and refreshing, the characters are interesting, the action is exciting, the writing is wonderful. If you like crime capers and are looking for a new writer to believe in, here is Lou Berney.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
A Roller-Coaster "Ride"
12 July 2010
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Gutshot Straight is, without a doubt, the best crime story that I have read. On a scale of 1 to 10, when compared to all other books I have read, I would give this book an "11." The book is not only action-packed, with a plot full of twists and turns, as well as being humorous, but the book also provides detailed character development (which is often lacking in most action-packed books that I have read). I loved the characters and hope that a sequel, or at least another book by Lou Berney will be written and published in the not too distant future. I choose not to provide any details about the plot since that is what makes this book full of surprises and twists and turns until the very end of the book.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
One mistake with the mob is all it takes...
8 Mar 2010
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Shake is fresh out of prison when he is asked by his old boss to deliver a car to Las Vegas as a once off job to give him some quick money. He's horrified, half way there to find a lady gagged and bound in the boot of the car. He takes pity on her in Vegas when she tells him she's a kidnapped housewife named Gina and he decides he'd rather cross the Vegas and LA mob than send her to a certain death...only Shake is about to find out that he's mistaken in what he thinks he knows..
This is a clever mob novel full of shady characters. It's also a pretty unlikely story that tangles all over itself as everyone tries to recover from the initial mistake that shake made in giving Gina the benefit of the doubt. This is a clever read, but having said that I didn't really like any these characters enough to want to read this again. It's a quick way to pass a few hours, but this is not ultimately one of those books you go gushing to your friends to read.
This is a clever mob novel full of shady characters. It's also a pretty unlikely story that tangles all over itself as everyone tries to recover from the initial mistake that shake made in giving Gina the benefit of the doubt. This is a clever read, but having said that I didn't really like any these characters enough to want to read this again. It's a quick way to pass a few hours, but this is not ultimately one of those books you go gushing to your friends to read.
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