Lee
“Money is like acid. It burns through everything: friendships, family, lovers, husbands and wives. What ever bond you think you have, money will make that bond dissolve, it's acid.”
Believe the hype. King of Ashes is a highly entertaining and well-crafted crime revenge thriller with some really fun characters. This is my first experience with S.A. Cosby, and now I'm eager to explore his other books. I was told this book has some terrific villains, and it definitely delivers with the sadistic Tranquil & Torrent. Reading this book made it very easy to picture a movie adaptation in my mind, as Cosby’s writing flows smoothly and clearly captures these living characters right off the page. My only major gripe is that the ending feels rushed and comes together too quickly, especially after all the buildt up tension and raised stakes preceding it. That said, I very much enjoyed it from start to finish and was upset it ended. This would make an excellent double read or a future double feature film billing alongside Don Winslow’s City on Fire.
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Fancast:
- Roman: Michael B. Jordan / John David Washington - Dante: Damson Idris - Naveah: Teyonah Parris / Zazie Beetz - Mr. Carruthers: Forest Whitaker / Sam Jackson - Torrent: Daniel Kaluuya - Tranquil: Trevante Rhodes - Yellaboy: Lakeith Stanfield - Splodie: 21 Savage / Jason Mitchell - Khalil: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II / Winston Duke - Chauncey: Aldis Hodge - Jealousy: Anitta - Shade: Brian Tyree Henry
“Money is like acid. It burns through everything: friendships, family, lovers, husbands and wives. What ever bond you think you have, money will make that bond dissolve, it's acid.”
Believe the hype. King of Ashes is a highly entertaining and well-crafted crime revenge thriller with some really fun characters. This is my first experience with S.A. Cosby, and now I'm eager to explore his other books. I was told this book has some terrific villains, and it definitely delivers with the sadistic Tranquil & Torrent. Reading this book made it very easy to picture a movie adaptation in my mind, as Cosby’s writing flows smoothly and clearly captures these living characters right off the page. My only major gripe is that the ending feels rushed and comes together too quickly, especially after all the buildt up tension and raised stakes preceding it. That said, I very much enjoyed it from start to finish and was upset it ended. This would make an excellent double read or a future double feature film billing alongside Don Winslow’s City on Fire.
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Fancast:
- Roman: Michael B. Jordan / John David Washington - Dante: Damson Idris - Naveah: Teyonah Parris / Zazie Beetz - Mr. Carruthers: Forest Whitaker / Sam Jackson - Torrent: Daniel Kaluuya - Tranquil: Trevante Rhodes - Yellaboy: Lakeith Stanfield - Splodie: 21 Savage / Jason Mitchell - Khalil: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II / Winston Duke - Chauncey: Aldis Hodge - Jealousy: Anitta - Shade: Brian Tyree Henry