Offical Review: Drug War, The Smell of Duty

[KattPascale]

[Following is the official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Drug War - The Smell of Duty" by Elias Rodriguez.]

This 383 page book is a work of fiction. The page count is no doubt intimidating, but honestly, I put the book down ONCE for a bathroom break and finished it rather quickly. The book opens up with a Mexican Police Task Force and immediately brings you into the true to life conflicts of the Mexican drug wars. The story holds your interest by getting right into the different characters within the Task Force. There are sarcastic interactions that will make you laugh and very serious moments where you are sitting at the edge of your seat wondering what will happen next.

The main character, Miguel, goes through a career change early on in the book and the writer, Elias Rodriguez, walks you through each step without boring the reader. This book has it all: suspense, history, drama, pulls at your heartstrings, and literally brings you into the story and you will NOT want to get out of it.

What I really liked about this book is that as a reader, I do not have a police or foreign government background, but it didn’t matter. The author, Elias Rodriguez, is so good at writing that he told the story without a whole bunch of Police vocabulary or Mexican history that may confuse a reader. He took the time (and pages) to get into detail and character thought process, so that the reader is not confused nor bored.

The book revolves around a very sensitive topic that almost everyone has an opinion on. But Rodriguez’s interpretation isn’t one sided. It takes you into the drug wars and shows not just what is on the news for the public to see, but deep within the conflict and corruption and how one man can make a difference.

383 pages later, I did not want the story to end. In fact, I felt disappointed that the book was over. It leaves you wanting more. I immediately wanted to know more about the author and how he was so qualified to write a story without using 100 researchers!

I rate this book 3 out of 4 stars. The only reason that I did not rate this book at 4 stars, is because there were grammatical and punctuation errors. But the meat of the story, story line and ease of interpretation to the reader are all 4 stars. I truly hope that this book is the first of a long running series!

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