Review by Slater678 -- Without Redemption by David Griffith
Posted: 20 Jun 2020, 07:06
[Following is a volunteer review of "Without Redemption" by David Griffith.]
Without Redemption, the aptly named novel by David Griffith stands as a warning to a would-be addict that nothing is fulfilling about taking drugs. For some people, nevertheless, drugs may have been forced on them as a means of eking out a living and escaping their harsh economic realities. All the same, for such individuals, the inevitable addiction, soon, set in and became an integral part of their essence. Unable to help themselves out of their situation, a chance and redeeming opportunity may just come their way.
After a horse-riding accident, Lonnie Bowers—an intelligence specialist, and a part-time rodeo cowboy—is worried about fending for his young family. With a broken arm, he’s hardly in the tip-top condition required to keep a steady hand against drug traffickers, let alone ride a bronco. Cognizant of what his star agent is thinking, Frederick, his boss, feels obliged to come up with some job to tide Lonnie over as he recovers from his injuries. Soon, tickets in hand and a simple reconnaissance mission to undertake for Frederick, it all seems like the perfect holiday send-off for the Bowers as they head over to Costa Rica.
This novel is the third book in the Border series and can be enjoyed as a standalone. Griffith won me over with his writing style that brought nostalgic feelings of a supposedly simpler, more attuned, pastoral way of life. Furthermore, his language is full of imagery (like, “we piled down the stairs and onto the tarmac like lost arctic ptarmigans”), has plenty of Spanish words, cleverly incorporated in sentences that, from the context, didn’t need elaborating.
Appropriately, Lonnie is portrayed as the typical cowboy that is full of compassion, integrity, and love for his woman. I, also, liked the thinly veiled spiritual undertone, in the story, which supported the overarching themes of redemption and drug abuse. While all these different aspects worked harmoniously to increase the pace of the novel, it’s the copious amount of action that took first place in my heart. I was simply wowed by the plot that featured a one-handed man, fighting off drug traffickers in the middle of the jungle, all the while, accompanied by his beautiful wife and baby.
As I finish, there is plenty of positive things to say about this rodeo and western romance story, including the almost flawless editing. For this reason, I rate it 4 out of 4 stars.
Any mature reader who likes sordid stories involving drugs and gang-style executions will, most certainly, enjoy this novel. Supremely, the dramatic ending is well resolved and gives meaning to the premise of the story.
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Without Redemption
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Without Redemption, the aptly named novel by David Griffith stands as a warning to a would-be addict that nothing is fulfilling about taking drugs. For some people, nevertheless, drugs may have been forced on them as a means of eking out a living and escaping their harsh economic realities. All the same, for such individuals, the inevitable addiction, soon, set in and became an integral part of their essence. Unable to help themselves out of their situation, a chance and redeeming opportunity may just come their way.
After a horse-riding accident, Lonnie Bowers—an intelligence specialist, and a part-time rodeo cowboy—is worried about fending for his young family. With a broken arm, he’s hardly in the tip-top condition required to keep a steady hand against drug traffickers, let alone ride a bronco. Cognizant of what his star agent is thinking, Frederick, his boss, feels obliged to come up with some job to tide Lonnie over as he recovers from his injuries. Soon, tickets in hand and a simple reconnaissance mission to undertake for Frederick, it all seems like the perfect holiday send-off for the Bowers as they head over to Costa Rica.
This novel is the third book in the Border series and can be enjoyed as a standalone. Griffith won me over with his writing style that brought nostalgic feelings of a supposedly simpler, more attuned, pastoral way of life. Furthermore, his language is full of imagery (like, “we piled down the stairs and onto the tarmac like lost arctic ptarmigans”), has plenty of Spanish words, cleverly incorporated in sentences that, from the context, didn’t need elaborating.
Appropriately, Lonnie is portrayed as the typical cowboy that is full of compassion, integrity, and love for his woman. I, also, liked the thinly veiled spiritual undertone, in the story, which supported the overarching themes of redemption and drug abuse. While all these different aspects worked harmoniously to increase the pace of the novel, it’s the copious amount of action that took first place in my heart. I was simply wowed by the plot that featured a one-handed man, fighting off drug traffickers in the middle of the jungle, all the while, accompanied by his beautiful wife and baby.
As I finish, there is plenty of positive things to say about this rodeo and western romance story, including the almost flawless editing. For this reason, I rate it 4 out of 4 stars.
Any mature reader who likes sordid stories involving drugs and gang-style executions will, most certainly, enjoy this novel. Supremely, the dramatic ending is well resolved and gives meaning to the premise of the story.
******
Without Redemption
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon