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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
I absolutely adore the tv series and didn't realise it was based on a book until I was close to finishing it, so when soon after, while visiting my parents, I by chance happened across a near pristine copy in a little shop of otherwise thoroughly abused paperbacks I was really excited.. and then a little disappointed.
At times, the pacing feels slow and at other times skips ahead with little explanation. There have been instances where I didn't really understand who a character was because they weren't well introduced but this can be put down to having watched the show first so I can't stop trying to compare each tv/book character to each other. Personal pronouns weren't used very frequently so I didn't know who was doing what and I missed the single time Vonnie's name was said when she came over to Walt's (and when did Henry leave? Did I miss it or did he just evaporate?) so for an entire chapter I was so confused about who he was with and for the longest time I could not for the life of me find where it was mentioned.
I really want to like this book and maybe it would be better to read before seeing the series. The physical copy holds sentimental value to me so I don't feel I can just give up on it, but I've marked it as dnf even though I'm going to try and finish it because I just don't have faith in myself.
At times, the pacing feels slow and at other times skips ahead with little explanation. There have been instances where I didn't really understand who a character was because they weren't well introduced but this can be put down to having watched the show first so I can't stop trying to compare each tv/book character to each other. Personal pronouns weren't used very frequently so I didn't know who was doing what and I missed the single time Vonnie's name was said when she came over to Walt's (and when did Henry leave? Did I miss it or did he just evaporate?) so for an entire chapter I was so confused about who he was with and for the longest time I could not for the life of me find where it was mentioned.
I really want to like this book and maybe it would be better to read before seeing the series. The physical copy holds sentimental value to me so I don't feel I can just give up on it, but I've marked it as dnf even though I'm going to try and finish it because I just don't have faith in myself.
I enjoyed the Longmire TV series from a few years ago and decided to read the books based on the series. I wasn't disappointed and will continue reading the series.
Wow, wow, wow!! I have found myself another series to happily devour. I love it when a story has multiple characters who could plausibly have done it, and I'm kept guessing nearly to the end :)
I didn’t think I would like this book. Even though I grew up with Western readers and a bunch of Western readers and live in the areas mentioned in Westerns...I didn’t think I would like them. And, though I don’t think I will be jumping into Louis L’Amour any time soon, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Johnson’s clever writing and turns of phrase kept me intrigued as well as the wit of the characters. I know that the Longmire series is comprised of many books and I’m curious to see how he maintains the clever writing across so many pages...are there really enough puns to keep him going? Regardless, the storyline and characters kept me going and the healthy dose of red herrings kept the pages turning.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Walt Longmire is the fictional sheriff of a Wyoming county that borders a reservation. When a young white man is killed, a man almost no one in the community thought well of, the death initially looks like a suicide. But Longmire’s snappy eastern-born deputy notices things that make suicide seem less likely. Is this a revenge killing for something the young man did? There are lots of reasons people in the county would want the guy dead.
Melissa Little Bird suffers from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, which means she's somewhat developmentally delayed. That didn't stop the small cadre of white boys from raping and torturing the young native American. The boys essentially got a slap on the wrist, but someone is taking revenge on them, seeking to bring the justice to Melissa that she didn't get in the courts.
Surely the killer isn’t Walt’s long-time friend Henry Standing Bear? What about Melissa’s dad, a double amputee and recovering alcoholic?
This book held my interest, but I was mostly turned off by the supernatural stuff that played a part in the capture of the killer. I realize extreme cold can do things to you, but I’m not convinced it allows you to hear ancient native songs chanted and sung at you like jingling bells. I realize lots of people love this supernatural component stuff; and while I don’t want to flippantly discount it entirely, I’m less inclined to enjoy a book where it exists. That said, Johnson is an excellent writer; his characters are nicely developed here, and I’ll come back to his fictional sheriff in the not-too-distant future and give the second book in the series a try.
Melissa Little Bird suffers from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, which means she's somewhat developmentally delayed. That didn't stop the small cadre of white boys from raping and torturing the young native American. The boys essentially got a slap on the wrist, but someone is taking revenge on them, seeking to bring the justice to Melissa that she didn't get in the courts.
Surely the killer isn’t Walt’s long-time friend Henry Standing Bear? What about Melissa’s dad, a double amputee and recovering alcoholic?
This book held my interest, but I was mostly turned off by the supernatural stuff that played a part in the capture of the killer. I realize extreme cold can do things to you, but I’m not convinced it allows you to hear ancient native songs chanted and sung at you like jingling bells. I realize lots of people love this supernatural component stuff; and while I don’t want to flippantly discount it entirely, I’m less inclined to enjoy a book where it exists. That said, Johnson is an excellent writer; his characters are nicely developed here, and I’ll come back to his fictional sheriff in the not-too-distant future and give the second book in the series a try.
It was an alright book with witty anecdotes and neat factoids, but nothing was really tied together. I felt the whodunnit was sloppy in comparison to the descriptions of crime scenes and relationships to other people.
I was curious about the Longmire novels after watching the TV series. Book Walt has QUITE the dry sense of humor. TV Walt has absolutely NO sense of humor. The main thing I took issue with was how I found it impossible to keep track of WHO Walt was speaking to or about much of the time. It was he or she too often and I needed names! Henry, Vic, and Lonnie had distinctive speech patterns, so I was able to keep them straight. I chuckled quite a bit over Walt and Henry's conversations. Their friendship was SO entertaining! However, I felt like an outsider on a bunch of insider jokes. In other words, I had to do a lot of backtracking to get the gist of what the heck was going on. At this point I'm interested in continuing with the series. I hope I'll be more in tune with the who, what, AND where going forward.
I'll be binge watching the series on Netflix and binge reading the books while I'm at it. I adore Walt Longmire.