Reviews

Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens

amooseaway's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

✋😔🤚

onanotherplanet's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

christinakann's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

missbuckets's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

shelleyanderson4127's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

 

Good writing, strong female characters and a well-paced plot. This is a very enjoyable queer Western.

It opens in 1877 in Arkansas, where 16-year-old Bridget mucks out stables and washes other people's dirty clothes to put food on the table for herself and her alcoholic father.

Her father decides to try his luck out West and they set out to cross the prairie. He dies from snake bite and Bridget wanders, starved and alone, finally stumbling into Dodge City. She's offered a job whoring at the Buffalo Queen--a brothel run by women. The town's sheriff falls in love with her, but Bridget is in love with another whore.

Everything changes when a woman gunslinger named Spartan Lee strides into town, leading to a dramatic chase across the prairie and a deadly ambush.

I don't read Westerns. The genre doesn't appeal to me. But I enjoyed this one. The historical details seem well researched and the relationships among the women ring true.

 

woollyfeebee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional

4.0

george_tte's review against another edition

adventurous sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Not at all what I expected, but quite a fun and exciting read! It’s a book that’s incredibly hard to put down, filled with interesting characters and a fantastically vivid environment. If you’re not sure if you should read it, pick it up! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Death, and Death of parent

eightshot's review against another edition

3.5

if spartan did that to me trust and believe her life would never know peace like you are finished

torifanzie's review against another edition

3.5

Slow start but once it picked up, I was hooked. 

giuliamrll's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Non so niente di western, ma amo i romanzi di formazione e sono una donna queer. Questo romanzo d’esordio unisce tutte queste cose in un unico testo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual violence