Review by Me : The Last Don - A book by Mario Puzo

If you have read "GodFather" this is definately not a book to read!

Like Godfather, the author tries to create a plot around the Mafiso family.However, the plot is not strong enough to make you bite your nails.The author gives detailed description of many characters that are not directly involved with the plot..making the reader lose interest! Also, when the plot finally gets stronger towards the end, you almost guess the climax!!

Here's a quick recap about the book incase you want to just give up on getting really bored!The story is about "Clericuzio Family". Don Clericuzio oversees the double christening of two infant boys, Dante and Cross, into the Clericuzio family. Later, when Cross is tapped to take over as the "Hammer" of the Clericuzios, their prime hit man, he proves not cold-blooded enough for the role. Dante takes his place, and Cross moves from Las Vegas to Hollywood, which proves to be an even worse den of iniquity. When he falls for a movie star Athena Aquitaine, he exhibits the "fatal flaw" the old don always warned against: loving a beautiful woman. A taut novel of sex and money, of love and power.

The plot of the story revolves around the fact that 'Dante' is the son of the Don's daughter Rose Marie and Don's enemy Santido!(The Don has ordered his son's and Pippi to murder the Santido family) At some point when Dante figures this out, he conspires and plots revenge against the Don's sons, Pippi and Cross.
And to cut the long story short... "THIS IS ONE BOOK YOU CAN GIVE UP ON!!"