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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
I really enjoyed this story. Not a big audiobook person but this one was very well narrated and always worked super well as a read aloud one. The writing was super solid and easy to follow along and lent itself to narration. I really loved the characters and their sense of humor and all the shit they gave each other. I especially appreciate the extra work and effort that went into the characters relationships instead of just the mystery. Super solid book really enjoyed
I'm a fan of the Longmire TV show on A&E and decided to read the books that the series is based on. This version of Longmire and the crew from Absaroka county is a little different from the one I am used to but I enjoyed this Western mystery and it was perfect to read while on vacation. There are 16 books in this series and I'm not sure if I'll make it through them all but I have already started on the second one.
I have been watching the series, so I'm interested in how the stories are presented in the books.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Amazing audiobook. Great narration by George Guidall.
Full disclosure - Craig is a very good friend of mine. However, this is still an excellent book (don't knock him for his choice of friends). Fans of this genre MUST read it. The characters live and breathe as does the setting.
I started to read this series based on a recommendation from my boss, who has seen the TV series. I was intrigued with this modern day western. Walt Longmire is definitely an interesting character. Longmire is a sheriff in Wyoming who leads a lonely existence since the death of his wife and the absence of his daughter who lives in another state. Longmire's best friend Henry is a Native American who runs a local bar. The book opens with the death of Cody Pritchard, a character that no one likes, due to his participation of a gang rape of a mentally challenged Native American girl. The investigation brings back memories for Longmire regarding the trial of this rape.
I look forward to reading more in this series.
I look forward to reading more in this series.
Not my usual genre, but the A&E series piqued my curiosity regarding the books. While the names and location are the same, the novel is very different from the series. I like the snark of this Longmire. I quite enjoy the relationships Walt has with the various people in his life.
The culprit doesn't sit well with me, but that won't stop me from reading the next book.
The culprit doesn't sit well with me, but that won't stop me from reading the next book.
There are many things I like. Some I like because they are good. Some are easy. Some are pleasant. Some like me back. Then, some things just fit. I like them because they fit and I find myself not even thinking about why. Growing up, I loved all kinds of movies--Swashbucklers, Crime Noir, Musicals, Costumers and Biographies and more. But the genre that fit me best was Westerns. Especially the ones with the heroes of few words played against sprawling natural vistas that spoke volumes about what it meant to do the right thing, to be the hero. And despite changing fashions and tastes in the intervening decades since I so raptly watched Gary Cooper, James Stewart and John Wayne, the love of that Western sensibility has remained, though often buried, a part of me. I think that is why when I first saw the ads for the TV series Longmire I felt that I had been there before. And when the show went on hiatus I sought out the books. Craig Johnson captures what I was drawn to, am drawn to. The quiet understood bond between old friends. Drawing strength from the lands where you live and paying back that tab with the understanding that your spirit belongs to the land. Across this the author plays out the crimes of men creating a kind of western noir alternating the high lonesome of the Wyoming mountains with the kind of shadows that can only come from neon lit saloons where the clients pour down their troubles and then look for more. THE COLD DISH is a marvelous introduction to Walt Longmire with equal parts humor and tragedy, the former as a brace against the latter.
I love this book. One of the best modern mystery novels. Johnson wrote a perfect intro novel.