Review by lexiskill -- Gringo by Dan "Tito" Davis
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Review by lexiskill -- Gringo by Dan "Tito" Davis
[Following is a volunteer review of "Gringo" by Dan "Tito" Davis.]
3 out of 4 stars
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Being anxious about different aspects of your life is a common part of an adults life. Being anxious that your stolen passport gets detected while going through security in an airport, is a completely different type of worry that most of us will never encounter. Gringo: My Life on the Edge as an International Fugitive by Dan "Tito" Davis with Peter Conti is a life story full of suspense and "gringo stupido."
After almost fifteen years on the run, Tito, can put his anxieties to rest. Young Dan "Tito" Davis began his career as a mischievous person early in life. After manufacturing White Crosses, a legal synthetic methamphetamine pill, in college, Dan got the taste of making good money and quickly. When the manufacturing of White Crosses finally got busted, he turned to bigger and better drugs to buy, sell, and distribute. Between synthetic meth, marijuana, and cocaine, Dan was certainly earning enough to live on and support the family he had formed during this time. After resorting back to buying and selling marijuana, he reached out to help a friend in need and this is where his whole world was quickly turned upside down.
After being blamed by a high school friend for possession of a large amount of methamphetamine, Dan begins his world journey trying to continuously evade the United States FBI, any international police force, or simple everyday trouble that could end up getting him caught. After traveling South America, leaving his second wife, meeting the woman of his dreams, and evading police for many years, Dan, now know as Tito, finally ends up running out of luck.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this suspenseful story. Tito is quick and easy to tell of all of the illegal activity that he participated in but he does so in a way that could make a reader root for him. I know all readers are not alike so all will not feel the same way as far as the activity that he partook in, but he shows how he tried to turn his life around after his escape. Tito keeps his story interesting while never dwelling too long on one matter. Although I enjoyed this book, there were a few factors that caused some disappointment. First, there were a couple of grammatical and punctuational errors that bother me more so for the reason that in the prologue Peter Conti stated that Dan was very specific about errors during the writing process. This caused me to believe that this book would be almost perfect. And while it was almost to the perfect point, the few errors in there were unfortunate. While the errors are not a reason I would deduct a rating, the conclusion of this book is the main reason I will not give this a full four stars. I understand that the book was concluded after Tito had finished his prison sentence so I thought this book should be more conclusive. The book in fact did the complete opposite. It ended abruptly and with so many uanswered, open-ended questions. For this reason along with the fact that most, if not all, of the spanish words used in his story are not openly defined, I will give Dan's story a 3 out of 4 stars. While I wish I could have rated this story higher there are too many things that caught my attention for the wrong reasons.
Although I enjoyed this book very much and found it difficult to put down, not all readers are going to feel this way. Among many other things, Tito uses very strong language, violence, and descriptive sex scenes when writing his story. Along with drug and alcohol use, there is prostitution and countless other illegal activity that is described throughout his story. With this being said, anyone who does not want to learn about the international drug trade, how the participation can influence people, or the highs and lows of a participants life should not read this book. Open-minded readers will be encompassed in Dan "Tito" Davis's story but those that are apprehensive about the international drug trade probably would not enjoy his work.
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3 out of 4 stars
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Being anxious about different aspects of your life is a common part of an adults life. Being anxious that your stolen passport gets detected while going through security in an airport, is a completely different type of worry that most of us will never encounter. Gringo: My Life on the Edge as an International Fugitive by Dan "Tito" Davis with Peter Conti is a life story full of suspense and "gringo stupido."
After almost fifteen years on the run, Tito, can put his anxieties to rest. Young Dan "Tito" Davis began his career as a mischievous person early in life. After manufacturing White Crosses, a legal synthetic methamphetamine pill, in college, Dan got the taste of making good money and quickly. When the manufacturing of White Crosses finally got busted, he turned to bigger and better drugs to buy, sell, and distribute. Between synthetic meth, marijuana, and cocaine, Dan was certainly earning enough to live on and support the family he had formed during this time. After resorting back to buying and selling marijuana, he reached out to help a friend in need and this is where his whole world was quickly turned upside down.
After being blamed by a high school friend for possession of a large amount of methamphetamine, Dan begins his world journey trying to continuously evade the United States FBI, any international police force, or simple everyday trouble that could end up getting him caught. After traveling South America, leaving his second wife, meeting the woman of his dreams, and evading police for many years, Dan, now know as Tito, finally ends up running out of luck.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this suspenseful story. Tito is quick and easy to tell of all of the illegal activity that he participated in but he does so in a way that could make a reader root for him. I know all readers are not alike so all will not feel the same way as far as the activity that he partook in, but he shows how he tried to turn his life around after his escape. Tito keeps his story interesting while never dwelling too long on one matter. Although I enjoyed this book, there were a few factors that caused some disappointment. First, there were a couple of grammatical and punctuational errors that bother me more so for the reason that in the prologue Peter Conti stated that Dan was very specific about errors during the writing process. This caused me to believe that this book would be almost perfect. And while it was almost to the perfect point, the few errors in there were unfortunate. While the errors are not a reason I would deduct a rating, the conclusion of this book is the main reason I will not give this a full four stars. I understand that the book was concluded after Tito had finished his prison sentence so I thought this book should be more conclusive. The book in fact did the complete opposite. It ended abruptly and with so many uanswered, open-ended questions. For this reason along with the fact that most, if not all, of the spanish words used in his story are not openly defined, I will give Dan's story a 3 out of 4 stars. While I wish I could have rated this story higher there are too many things that caught my attention for the wrong reasons.
Although I enjoyed this book very much and found it difficult to put down, not all readers are going to feel this way. Among many other things, Tito uses very strong language, violence, and descriptive sex scenes when writing his story. Along with drug and alcohol use, there is prostitution and countless other illegal activity that is described throughout his story. With this being said, anyone who does not want to learn about the international drug trade, how the participation can influence people, or the highs and lows of a participants life should not read this book. Open-minded readers will be encompassed in Dan "Tito" Davis's story but those that are apprehensive about the international drug trade probably would not enjoy his work.
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