![]() ![]() It is well-suited to the story, as we are reading about, well, criminals, but after a certain point it just turns me off to it. There is strong language, which I don’t mind, but the violence and drug use was too much. It seems I like psychological thrillers, like My Heroes have Always Been Junkies, more than this hard-boiled stuff. ![]() However, it was a bit too graphic for me. You wonder how could these characters possibly be more screwed up, how they could possibly get out of the trouble they’ve gotten into. We get a glimpse of what Leo is truly scared of at the end, which makes me want to read more. When inevitably things go south, just as Leo planned, will he make it out alive and free? He’s caring for Ivan, a father figure with Alzheimer’s, and money is tight. He knows it’s exactly where he belongs, but what is life without freedom? When he is approached by an old colleague about a diamond heist, it’s five years after the Salt Bay job, and Leo is clean, but struggling. ![]() Not after the Salt Bay job, where his best friend was killed and his father went to prison. He’s the best at what he does, but he doesn’t do it anymore. Leo is a criminal who plans a score from the first second down to the last wisp of exhaust from the getaway car. This is the first volume of that series, which I was eager to get started. It is a spin-off of this series, Criminal, by the same creative team: Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. ![]() I recently read My Heroes have Always Been Junkies, and was impressed by it. ![]()
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