Final Spin
A Novel

This was a short, quick read - I read it in a day. The writing was simple, clear and concise. Honestly it kind of read like a children's book. It was a good story about a young man, Johnny, in a dead-end job with a brother who had a disability, Arty. Arty was known as the Cleaner and worked at a loc......more

Johnny and his buddy Goat hate their lives and decide to rob the store they work at for "the big score". There is a little more motivation than that-- particularly the future of Arty, Johnny's dependent brother. The plot and characters are bare bones and there are very few surprises lying in wait. "......more

Awfully glad I picked this book up at the library on a whim the other day. It packed a hell of a lot of information and emotional wallop into a very succinct story, one that can easily be read in one sitting. Would’ve given it five stars were it not for the actual design of the book, in particular,......more

Never read, never even heard of the author and with a name like Jocko I’m sure I’d remember, but the book sounded appealing. And sure enough… Final Spin is technically a crime novel, but it’s certainly not a typical one. Which is to say it can just as easily and accurately be described as a proper c......more

The book is OK to me. Not bad, but not good either. Just perfectly adequate. The strong part of the book is the story. It flows from point A to point B without any meandering. It gets straight to the point, and that makes it entertaining and easy to read (I read this in two days). The main downside......more