Depth of Winter
Written by Craig Johnson
Narrated by George Guidall
4/5
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About this audiobook
Editor's Note
Violent shenanigans…
In this installment of Craig Johnson’s bestselling series (the basis for Netflix’s “Longmire”), Sheriff Walt Longmire has to save his daughter from a drug cartel in Mexico, which leads to some funny shenanigans and a whole lot of violence.
Craig Johnson
Craig Johnson es el director principal de ministerios de la Iglesia de Lakewood con Joel Osteen, que supervisa todos los ministerios pastorales y es el fundador de la Fundación Champions y los centros de desarrollo del Club de Campeones para necesidades especiales, con más de 75 centros en todo el mundo. Craig es el coautor de Champions Curriculum, un plan de estudios cristiano de alcance completo para aquellos con necesidades especiales. Es autor de Lead Vertically que inspira a la gente a ofrecerse como voluntario y a construir grandes equipos que perduren y Champion que habla sobre cómo el viaje milagroso de un niño a través del autismo está cambiando el mundo. Craig y su esposa Samantha, tienen tres hijos: Cory, Courtney y Connor.
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Reviews for Depth of Winter
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Unbelievably, IMHO, this is the very best book of the wonderful Longmire series, and one of my favorite books that I have ever had the privilege to read (or listen to). And George Guidall’s narration is pitch perfect, as always.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I was on the edge of my seat for this one, it just got. better and better.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5No shortage of violence or challenge with many unpredictable scenes. Even the chase scene is almost numerous. I do miss having some of the usual suspects present - but since there are more stories to follow waiting is acceptable.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I normally enjoy Longmire books, but this one just did not click. It's set in Mexico as Longmire looks for his kidnapped daughter. That just is not where Walt ought to be. He belongs in Wyoming. The book just did not work for me.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Heavy violence, somewhat depressing, not the best Longmire tale I've read. These novels come across better for me in film as I pretty much always enjoyed the TV series.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5What happened to this series? The series started as lite mysteries, they are no longer mysteries, nothing to solve here. Just violence (and not even exciting violence, like Power of the Dog, more like violence lite). And the best character of this series, Henry Standing Bear, only briefly makes an appearance. Feel like Johnson just phoned this one in. Hope the next one is better, or I may have to give up on this series.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I finished this novel so angry with the protagonist. His stubborn adherence to his code leads to the deaths of four or more people who had risked their lives to help him in an almost impossible attempt to rescue his kidnapped daughter from a deranged drug lord holed up in the Mexican desert. But he allows the main henchman to survive because he can't kill someone once he has disarmed them. He is in the depths of Mexican gang territory with no prospect of bringing anyone to trial or prison and they have demonstrated their guilt by trying to kill him, but oh no he's a sheriff. He can't shoot disarmed men. Dude, they killed your son-in-law, kidnapped your daughter and tried to kill you. You don't give people like that a second or third (really, a third?) chance. Also practical factors--shoot the propeller off the airplane so they can't use it.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A postcard with simply one word has sent Walt just over the border from El Paso. He is going solo in Mexico as a one man rescue team for his daughter Cady. The head of the local drug cartel and pretty much everything else, Bidarte runs the area. There is a lot of graphic detail about what happens to those who disobey or try to cross him. His personal vendetta against Walt leads to this face off. Johnson adds a few quirky secondary characters to Walt's adventure, but I sure missed his regular partners, like Henry, Vic or Saizarbitoria. I did get a kick out of their football ruse.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Craig Johnson ensured the purchase of Depth of Winter with the horrific ending in The Western Star. Unfortunately, Depth of Winter, does not convey the power and energy of the previous Craig Johnson books, and this reader prayed for the book to end. The book describes all the terrors and hardships of Mexico and shows the reader why so many Mexicans attempt to enter the United States. The Western Star ends with Walt’s daughter kidnapped, so the reader must plunge into the next to discover what happens. Craig Johnson provides numerous supporting characters to aid in the search for Cady, but Henry and Vic have faded into the sunset while waiting for Walt and Cady to return home. The time has come to forego reading Craig Johnson and delve into other authors, for a while.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5This one is a huge disappointment to me, and I suspect to all longtime fans of the Walt Longmire series. Why? Because: all of the support characters in the series are pretty much absent in Depth of Winter, the entire book takes place in Mexico with the exception of a few pages set in Texas (Wyoming is nowhere to be found in this one), and the bad guys are of the stereotypical type so beloved in every Hollywood thriller of the last 20 years (so evil and well equipped to spread their evilness throughout the world that they are completely unbelievable).I'm not sure what Mr. Johnson was thinking on this one; I just hope that he finds his groove again and refuses to settle for a run-of-the-mill thriller like this one ever again. The thrill is gone, Mr. J.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I love this series, featuring Wyoming sheriff Walt Longmire and his ragtag company of deputies, friends, and acquaintances. I did not love this entry in the series. Walt goes on a solo rescue mission to Mexico, straight into a faceoff with brutal drug dealer Tomas Bidarte, who has already claimed several members of Walt's extended family in previous books. What's not to love?
- It's unbelievably, graphically violent.
- There's no Henry Standing Bear, no Vic, no Ruby, no smart-alec lady at the local diner, no beautiful Wyoming mountain scenery.
- As graphic as the violence was, it was also almost cartoonish, in that Walt and others should have died about four or five times along the way and yet somehow kept getting up and going on.
- And after all that, there is still no definite resolution to the ridiculous vengeeance plotline, which will probably continue to rear its ugly, boring head in future books.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In this series entry, Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire is in pursuit of the Mexican criminal who is carrying out a very personal vendetta against Longmire. Walt’s daughter has been kidnapped, and Walt is determined to rescue her even at the expense of his own life. He doesn’t have the patience to wait on the US and Mexican authorities to sort out the legalities, so he sneaks across the border on his own. For assistance he has a blind, legless man known as the Seer, who puts Walt in touch with others who can help him.This book is more Western adventure novel than mystery. There is no mystery about who is responsible for Cady’s kidnapping. Although there is crime involved, Walt is out of his jurisdiction so he doesn’t represent law enforcement. The book reminded me of a Chuck Norris action movie. It’s not the type of book I naturally gravitate toward, but at this point in the series I’m so invested in the characters that there’s no way I would have skipped this one.This review is based on an electronic advance reading copy provided by the publisher through NetGalley.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I knew going in that this one would be messy, violent, and fraught with moral dilemma. The Bedart revenge story line had to come to resolution. I just hoped that Walt would survive. Read for yourself and see.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5If you're a Longmire fan who's not happy unless Walt is firmly ensconced amongst his friends and they all have an equal part in the action, you won't like with Depth of Winter. This is a one-man show, and characters like Henry and Vic play very limited roles (although I did love Henry's). Me? I'm the type of Longmire fan who'd follow Walt willingly into any one of my own circles of hell (which include rooms of long-haired cats and/or screaming babies), let alone his. I trust Walt to get me out alive and show me a good time while he's doing it.One of the reasons why I was looking forward to this book was the fact that I'm used to Walt chasing bad guys in the depth of winter on his home turf, with howling winds, blizzard conditions, and snow up to his eyebrows. In Depth of Winter, he's facing an entirely different beast: winter in the desert of northern Mexico, and I wanted to see how he'd deal with blinding sunlight, blazing heat, and not a drop of water around. Walt is a Man On A Mission, so he deals with it as only he can.Since he's got Henry and Vic handling things for him elsewhere, he manages to scrape together a motley crew to help him down in Mexico, and the rescue of Cady is one wild ride that only someone like Craig Johnson can put together. Walt is a man who goes out of his way not to kill people, but folks down in Mexico keep telling him, "Kindness to a killer builds coffins." After a grueling trek through the desert and coming face to face with "that kernel of madness" he keeps buried deep inside, the finale of Depth of Winter is explosive-- and satisfying.Once again, I find myself in a familiar place-- all caught up with the series and waiting for a new adventure with Walt. Some authors just don't write fast enough, you know?
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Not your usual Longmire mystery. More of a thriller as Walt seeks to rescue Cady from a Mexican drug lord. First, he has to go undercover. How do you hide a 6' 5" cop in a country of mostly short people? Of course, pretend he is a former NFL lineman. Lots of tooing and froing ending in an invasion on muleback. Much gore and sadistic behavior by the bad guys until Walt executes a grand finale firework display. Perhaps, he will wear a cape in his next adventure. Still. a good entry in this excellent series. The epilogue is worth reading first; in you are not current in this series.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5As always, a completely enjoyable read and a worthy addition to the author's body of work. This book had more of a "thriller" feel - very fast paced and violent with a runaway train sense of inevitability. Missing was the involvement of the normal supporting cast but the new characters (probably just for this book) were excellent. The villain was malevolent and a worthy opponent. It will be interesting to see what the new novels will be like with this story line wrapped up.