Review of The Disciples

[Salah bourouba]

[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "The Disciples" by D. Fuller Smith.]

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3 out of 5 stars

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The Disciples by D. Fuller Smith is a novel about chasing one's dreams and making them come true no matter how or what you have to do. Sam, Carmine, and Anthony are three friends who start huslling at a young age to earn money and live the million-dollar dream. Only they don't do it the devout way. They start selling drugs at a young age and build their wealth by forming a narcotics empire. A lot of things happen throughout the years that make them experience sadness, deceit, heartbreak, and joy. But how would things end up for them? You have to read the book to find out.

The backstory of the book is what kept me going until the last page. For kids of such a young age to work so hard to reach their dreams is commendable. However, the way they did it isn't exactly the message you want to send people. There are many other ways that the author could have chosen for them to reach their dreams other than drugs. And to start at such a young age is even worse. The friendship though surprised me because of how long it lasted in that field of work.

I didn't really appreciate the language of the book. It was very hard to follow since he used American slang, I think. I know it was for the sake of the story to give it a certain touch, but it was so much that sometimes I had to stop reading and try to figure out what the word was. Other than that, it was a good read. I also thought that the plot of the book was not that powerful; there were a lot of unnecessary scenes where there was only talk for no apparent reason, and I think it would have been better to remove them from the book.

I would rate this book a 3 out of 5 due to the two reasons I mentioned above. The language of the book and the drug-dealing career that the kids took to be rich Those two things affected my liking of the book. even if it was only fiction. The book was exceptionally edited; I didn't find any grammatical or typing mistakes.

I would recommend this book to crime lovers. Even though I am not sure that the plot is powerful enough to appeal to them, there isn't another group of genre-loving readers that would want to read this book. I prefer to limit it to adults only since there is a lot of drug use and sexual content.

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[NetMassimo]

Drug-dealing kids are certainly a dark central theme for a story, so you need to appreciate crime stories with characters ready to do anything to get what they want to like this novel. Thank you for your honest review!

[Aswin3848]

This is an honest review with an apt description of the book. Drugs have always been and will remain a menace to the society. So, somewhere reality of even small children being prone to them needs to be addressed in the society.