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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Thoroughly enjoyed #9, even if Walt was a little punch-happy. He would lose his badge if he did what he did in this book in real life! But I'll read anything about a cult, so when a Mormon-ish splinter group moves into the area and seems to be up to no good, Walt has to investigate. Standing Bear kicked ass in this (as always) and the quips are ever present.
adventurous
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Enjoyable, if a bit bland and as usual filled with firearms errors, and a bit extra reductive misogyny. Vic has the usual problem of male fantasy characters - what happens after the seduction? Johnson doesn’t really seem to know what to do with her or how to make her seem like a fully realized living breathing warrior woman. I still enjoy the atmosphere and characters and will continue with the series. 2.6 stars.
Entertaining. But though I can't complain about the lack of strong woman characters in these books, I wish the author would throw in a smidge of dimension now and then.
Tough as nails? Yep.
Great comic timing? Check.
Inventive and hilarious use of profanity? Boy howdy.
Incendiary rage? Uh huh.
Much else? (I thought about it.) Not really.
Tough as nails? Yep.
Great comic timing? Check.
Inventive and hilarious use of profanity? Boy howdy.
Incendiary rage? Uh huh.
Much else? (I thought about it.) Not really.
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
I like local mysteries. The ones that try to be the overblown global action genre tend to suck. Sadly, this is one. There's a Mormon fundamentalist offshoot cult nearby. A kid is involved and there's a mystical old man caricature. Then there's the link to the Mexican drug trade and the psycho who is in the plot just to be a psycho. This is barely average.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Another decent Walt Longmire novel.
Old sheriff in a western town, native best friend, absurdly loyal dog, looks into the appearance of a kid with ties to a nearby religious cult.
These characters are more caricatures than real, but they're endearing and they have small bits of nuance and depth scattered throughout. It's easy to see why these are popular. They absolutely grow on you.
Old sheriff in a western town, native best friend, absurdly loyal dog, looks into the appearance of a kid with ties to a nearby religious cult.
These characters are more caricatures than real, but they're endearing and they have small bits of nuance and depth scattered throughout. It's easy to see why these are popular. They absolutely grow on you.
I find the character of Walt Longmire in the books to be much more appealing than in the television show. This is another great story; I did not like all the lawlessness on the part of the supposed enforcers of the law, and I still wish Johnson had never gone the romance route for Walt and Vic.