Satori Audiobook

" What a wild ride! From Japan to China to Vietnam - plenty of spies, assassins, shady characters and underhanded dealings. Don Winslow does an excellent job of carrying on in Trevanian's footsteps and is fast becoming one of my favorite authors. "

" When I read Shibumi, I thought the book was awkwardly arranged and slow paced. After reading Satori, I missed the arrangement and pace of Shibumi. I'm a fan of Don Wilson but Shibumi had a vibe and a writing style that Wilson couldn't, and didn't try to, imitate. Instead he wrote the book in his own personal style, which made the book very entertaining but didn't leave me with the feeling I had at the end of Shibumi. I definitely recommend this book to anybody who read Shibumi if only to revisit the character of Nicoli Hel. "

" Doing justice to Trevanian's work was always going to be a challenge, but Don Winslow pulled it off. Satori is a terrific read and true in spirit to its predecessor Shibumi- an old favorite. "

" Winslow hasn't done wrong by me yet. More satisfying than any James Bond movie- though just about as limited. But that's OK, limitations are what make genre fun. "

" SATROI was an exposition heavy, paint by numbers espionage thriller that was entertaining enough but, hardly the best use of Don Winslow's skills. "

" I really wanted to like this, but I just couldn't stomach the whole writing style of it and had to drop it. I just felt like I was reading a fanfic. "

" Fast paced action, does this well. Some of the characters are a little wooden but overall good read, "

" Lots of violence, assassination attempts, narrow escapes, dead bodies, characters from different cultures who I tended to confuse. For me, not really worth the effort "

" Espionage during Mao's China? Stalin's Russia? Then off to supply arms to the Viet Minh? The protagonist's most deadly weapon is his harnessed Qi? This has been one of my favorite leisurely read reads in a long time. Very eager to learn how to play 'Go'. "

" this was my second Winslow novel, but this was based on another authors characters (so not entirely a Winslow novel). The intrigue was good, but all in all i'm not a spy novel fan as of yet. "

" Big fan of Don Winslow so very disappointed by this. Quite fun but very one-dimensional. Winslow and his characters keeps telling us how brilliant the lead character is, but never show us. Go and Read The Power Of The Dog, or Isle Of Joy. "

" An engaging story with lots of intersecting storylines. "

" This was excellent. Was a huge fan of Trevanian's "Shibumi". This is a very worthy prequel written by a new author. Loved it! "

" Different from his other books; he was asked by the family of late author Trevanian ("Eigar Sanction") to write this prequil to "Shibumi". Thoroughly enjoyable (as are all his books IMHO), so now I have to read "Shibumi". "

" it is not by Trevanian but by Winslow... "

" Fast paced action, does this well. Some of the characters are a little wooden but overall good read, "

" Now I'm looking for my copy of "Shibumi" "

" This was not my typical read but really did enjoy it. Don Winslow has a great way of capturing the reader. I would recomend this book. "

" I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads. Don Winslow's novel Satori, which is based on deceased author Trevanian was so good that I now want to track down every novel of T's just so I can see how the story line's character evolves. "

" SATROI was an exposition heavy, paint by numbers espionage thriller that was entertaining enough but, hardly the best use of Don Winslow's skills. "