Final Spin sort of reads like the assignments you were given in elementary school where the questions talk about a pizza party with an uneven number of slices, and the tension is figuring out how to divide it fairly amongst everybody. It's, in a word, inconsequential, and I don't have much of an opinion on it at all. Based on the idea of the book, I suppose I was expecting a little bit more of an inspiring piece about how anybody can do anything if they set their minds to it, but given what ends up happening, I didn't exactly find it inspiring or motivating to take risks in life. Actually, quite the opposite, and given Jocko's reputation as a go-getter, that surprised me.

The essential positive is the book is a quick read. The structure of the writing is bizarre, the font is difficult to look at, and the story and characters are highly unlikely. I'm aware that Jocko is an accomplished non-fiction author, and this is his first fiction novel, but it felt kind of amateurish and I don't think I grasped the point as it was advertised to me. I'll say it's decent for a quick day read.

Thanks to Jocko Willink and St. Martin's Press for the advanced review copy in exchange for an honest review. ( )

Two young guys Johnny and Goat hate their dead-end jobs and figure that’s all to life until they decide to rob the place they work at to help save the laundromat that Johnny’s brother Arty works at. The laundromat is all Arty know as that’s all he does and is very good at. He is also I believe autistic and depends on Johnny since their mother is a drunk (mentioned). It is a quick read that doesn’t really develop the characters and the plot easy to figure out. It could have been more but entertaining. ( )