Genre Fiction
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Final Spin: A Novel
THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER
#1 New York Times bestselling author Jocko Willink's fast-paced thriller Final Spin:
A story of love, brotherhood, suffering, happiness, and sacrifice.
A story about life.
Johnny…
Shouldn't be in a dead-end job.
Shouldn't be in a dead-end bar.
Shouldn't be in a dead-end life.
But he is.
It's a hamster wheel existence. Stocking warehouse store shelves by day, drinking too much whiskey and beer by night. In between, Johnny lives in his childhood home, making sure his alcoholic mother hasn't drunk herself to death, and looking after his idiosyncratic older brother Arty, whose world revolves around his laundromat job.
Rinse and repeat.
Then Johnny's monotonous life takes a tumble. The laundromat where Arty works, and the one thing that gives him happiness, is about to be sold. Johnny doesn't want that to happen, so he takes measures into his own hands. Johnny, along with his friend, Goat, come up with a plan to get the money to buy the laundromat.
But things don't always go as planned…
#1 New York Times bestselling author Jocko Willink's fast-paced thriller Final Spin:
A story of love, brotherhood, suffering, happiness, and sacrifice.
A story about life.
Johnny…
Shouldn't be in a dead-end job.
Shouldn't be in a dead-end bar.
Shouldn't be in a dead-end life.
But he is.
It's a hamster wheel existence. Stocking warehouse store shelves by day, drinking too much whiskey and beer by night. In between, Johnny lives in his childhood home, making sure his alcoholic mother hasn't drunk herself to death, and looking after his idiosyncratic older brother Arty, whose world revolves around his laundromat job.
Rinse and repeat.
Then Johnny's monotonous life takes a tumble. The laundromat where Arty works, and the one thing that gives him happiness, is about to be sold. Johnny doesn't want that to happen, so he takes measures into his own hands. Johnny, along with his friend, Goat, come up with a plan to get the money to buy the laundromat.
But things don't always go as planned…
Editorial Reviews
"Gripping...Willink tells his story in quick blasts of haiku-like writing...with dialogue reminiscent of early David Mamet. Told with a gritty simplicity, this retains a hold on the reader right through to the inevitable tragic climax." ―Publishers Weekly
"A crackerjack thriller...You've read this book before, and you've seen the movie, but Willink gives it a nice spin, a reminder of why the theme is timeless." ―Booklist
"A crackerjack thriller...You've read this book before, and you've seen the movie, but Willink gives it a nice spin, a reminder of why the theme is timeless." ―Booklist
Readers Top Reviews
Susan KesslerMax N.
Very quick read. Read the entire book in a couple hours. The characters don't have much time to develop. I didn't love the ending. But it's Jocko... I'll support him whatever he's doing!
Joshua
Definitely a page turner - as soon as the book arrived I thought I would tear through a few pages maybe a chapter, couldn’t put the book down until it was finished. This is a very short read but I found the content enjoyable. Great story through and through I’m impressed I usually don’t read books of this kind but I made an exception because the author is exceptional.
Barbara Davis
As a Jocko fan I really wanted to like this book. This seems more like a first draft that lacked character development. Lots of potential in the storyline but the book is really short (just over 200 pages in a small book with big spaced out print) so it reads more like a short story. It's not a bad book it just reads like it was never fully written. Awkward dialogue, confusing transitions, etc.
Conner
This books is a a quick read. It captures the desperation that someone living in a forgotten America may face as they're stuck in a dead end job desperate for an escape. It's written as a series of thoughts the protagonist has as is situation deteriorates as he frantically searches for a way out. All in all not bad. I think Jocko did a good job here.
