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rancidslopshop's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
nickyxxx's review
5.0
I can’t believe how I never stumbled up on this gem any sooner.
Do you know that feeling when you discover a new series and you basically change into a fourteen year old girl giggling over the main character?
… Yeah.
So this book I picked up after reading The last mountain man with Smoke Jensen as the main character – but I just kept being drawn to Preacher. He’s rough, he’s rude, and he doesn’t care about people not liking him at all. Those traits may come off as bad features, but it suits him. Very well.
Aside from that, I just love the dynamics between Preacher and his fellow mountain men. Their friendship filled me with joy and warmth and I would’ve loved to have been there with them. I probably wouldn’t survive a day, or at least get yelled at by Preacher for not knowing the ways of the West, but hey… worth it.
Is that all? Oh no, I’m not done hyping over Preacher yet. He’s hilarious. And I mean tummy-aching-laughter-hilarious. And I never, ever, laugh aloud with books.
”Preacher threw his axe with deadly accuracy, the head burying deep in Beckman’s skull and bringing the outlaw down dead. He fell into the fire. Preacher worked his axe free and let the man burn. They needed a little more light to work by, anyway.”
Not just him, though; his friends do a pretty good job at making tears streak down my cheeks too.
“No Christian. I take all Bibles offered me.”
“She studies them? My word. We’ve got to return and live with this tribe.”
“Studies? No study. Can’t read. Pages thin. Make good ass wipe.”
The only thing that I wasn’t a fan of, was the meagre descriptions of the landscape. The desert is dry and dusty, and I would’ve loved to feel the sand on my lips and to smell the horrid scents of the unlucky buried next to the road. Yes, it may sound gross; but for me, that’s part of the experience when I’m reading westerns. Give me that stench of blood, gun powder and horse shit!
I can’t wait to read #2 in the series! Preacher, you better get ready.
Do you know that feeling when you discover a new series and you basically change into a fourteen year old girl giggling over the main character?
… Yeah.
So this book I picked up after reading The last mountain man with Smoke Jensen as the main character – but I just kept being drawn to Preacher. He’s rough, he’s rude, and he doesn’t care about people not liking him at all. Those traits may come off as bad features, but it suits him. Very well.
Aside from that, I just love the dynamics between Preacher and his fellow mountain men. Their friendship filled me with joy and warmth and I would’ve loved to have been there with them. I probably wouldn’t survive a day, or at least get yelled at by Preacher for not knowing the ways of the West, but hey… worth it.
Is that all? Oh no, I’m not done hyping over Preacher yet. He’s hilarious. And I mean tummy-aching-laughter-hilarious. And I never, ever, laugh aloud with books.
”Preacher threw his axe with deadly accuracy, the head burying deep in Beckman’s skull and bringing the outlaw down dead. He fell into the fire. Preacher worked his axe free and let the man burn. They needed a little more light to work by, anyway.”
Not just him, though; his friends do a pretty good job at making tears streak down my cheeks too.
“No Christian. I take all Bibles offered me.”
“She studies them? My word. We’ve got to return and live with this tribe.”
“Studies? No study. Can’t read. Pages thin. Make good ass wipe.”
The only thing that I wasn’t a fan of, was the meagre descriptions of the landscape. The desert is dry and dusty, and I would’ve loved to feel the sand on my lips and to smell the horrid scents of the unlucky buried next to the road. Yes, it may sound gross; but for me, that’s part of the experience when I’m reading westerns. Give me that stench of blood, gun powder and horse shit!
I can’t wait to read #2 in the series! Preacher, you better get ready.
bryonie's review
3.0
Not a bad story, but it got bogged down with all the history lessons interspersed throughout.
raehink's review
2.0
Not the audio CD.
Although I enjoyed the plot of this novel in which a veteran mountain man guides a wagon train through the peaks of Oregon, there were one or two things I just didn't care for...one, the main character's dialogue sounded too modern and two, the author had characters use some words that were not in common usage during that historical period. That's a particular peeve of mine. Otherwise, it was an OK read.
Although I enjoyed the plot of this novel in which a veteran mountain man guides a wagon train through the peaks of Oregon, there were one or two things I just didn't care for...one, the main character's dialogue sounded too modern and two, the author had characters use some words that were not in common usage during that historical period. That's a particular peeve of mine. Otherwise, it was an OK read.
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