Rain Dogs (CD-Audio)

from ozzer

The strength of this thriller is the setting in Mexico and California during the mid 70's when the drug wars began to heat up. Cocaine, as the drug of choice for Americans, is just beginning to catch on and the Columbian cartels are about to exert their uniquely violent influence on corrupt polit...

from Darcia

Not many books are set in the seventies and, having been a teenager then, I was especially excited to read this book. I looked forward to flashing back to the music, language, and culture, as well as seeing the turmoil of the period from a new perspective. This book did offer that, to some degree...

from bibliophileofalls

This book was about the horrendous corruption and lawlessness that existed in Mexico and at the Mexico/U.S. border in the 70's. It is violent and repetitive and mostly, boring. There were some redeeming qualities and I admit, there will be some who like this book, particularly if they are fans of...

from eggsnhm

Set in the 1970s, Rain Dogs is the story of Californian pot farmers and Mexican & Columbian drug cartels. Told from a variety of perspectives on both sides of the border, Rain Dogs, with it's guns, drugs, smuggling, and government corruption seems to have all the elements of a great and engrossin...

from everfresh1

I found this book just boring and somewhat stereotyping. I wouldn't finish it but felt obligated to review it as part of Early Reviewers program. The story could be good but the characters are not interesting, action is slow and you know what will happen well in advance.