Death Sentence

This was a bumpy ride for me! The first half got me increasingly uncomfortable as Benjamin kept knocking off evil-doers for doing very little evil (but he knows from the look in their eyes that they are capable of much more than stealing the electronics he catches them with or that a purse-snatcher......more

First off, this has absolutely nothing to do with last year's film Death Sentence with Kevin Bacon. Sure, the titles are the same, and the movie was supposedly "based on the novel by Brian Garfield," but trust me, they have nothing to do with each other. Not a single plot point from the novel found......more

I liked this book more than I did DEATH WISH. The writing is better although the story is still told in a dispassionate fashion which robs it of being truly amazing. Well worth reading though.......more

Sequel to "Death Wish" different from the movie with Kevin Bacon. It picks up where the movie with Charles Bronson left off. The ending surprised me as Paul Benjamin tries to deter a copycat vigilante at the end and ends up having to kill him. This results in the police believing the copycat was the......more

The sequel to Death Wish has been viewed by some other reviewers as a cash grab after the success of the film. But the narrative is a lot more nuanced and worthwhile than the actual sequel to the film. Paul Benjamin has now well and truly slipped into a double life as a vigilante, doling out the tit......more