Forced Out: A Novel by Stephen W. Frey
This book had such potential and then...
I really liked the premise behind Forced Out: a young baseball player hides from the New York mob by playing single A ball in Florida but he is discovered by a former Yankees talent scout. Soon enough, the mob is on the hunt again.
But... (WARNING: Spoilers, sort of...)
The book gets increasingly complicated (which is fine, life is complicated) and the only way Frey resolves anything with any character in this book is by having someone killed off. I expected lots of people to die (it is about the mafia, after all) but this story gets ridiculous. The book ends up feeling like Frey was either: a) under a tight deadline; or b) unable to figure out how to end this complicated book in a reasonable way so he just started killing everyone off.
Either way, it was a very unsatisfying ending. In good conscience, I cannot recommend this book to all but the most ardent of Stephen Frey fans.
I rate this book 2 stars out of 5 and it can be found on Amazon.com here: Forced Out by Stephen W. Frey.
Reviewed on September 5, 2008.
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