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papi's review against another edition
1.0
I took a look at this, hoping it would be an improvement on his first book about these characters, found in Appaloosa. It was, if possible, even worse. I'll simply quote from my review of that book. Almost no plot, intrigue, or character development and replete with foul language (seemed like every other word, way beyond what I even hear in high schools these days!). It seemed to exist simply as a slow moving vehicle for bad behavior, brutal violence, and the worst that can be offered in the way of anti-heroes.
And these were the most positive things I could think to write about it. Definitely way below Parker's normal standards of fiction...I'm amazed he was willing to put his name on it.
And these were the most positive things I could think to write about it. Definitely way below Parker's normal standards of fiction...I'm amazed he was willing to put his name on it.
eiseneisen's review against another edition
3.0
Resolution continues the story of Wild West gunmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch that began with Appaloosa, which I gave 5 stars. Resolution is a quick, fine read. I liked it. But compared with Appaloosa, the characters that inhabit Resolution lack depth, and the story is both simpler and less compelling.
It's a quick, fine read. Three stars.
It's a quick, fine read. Three stars.
felinehex's review against another edition
5.0
I love listening to western when I drive. This one really hooks you in (it is the second in series)
I drive from AZ to WA, spend the summer, and then WA to AZ, with a cat and a dog.
Listening to the rough cowboy voice calms my cat and she doesn't meow every 2 seconds!! She just lies down in her kennel and sleeps!!
She's probably listening intently, though.
I drive from AZ to WA, spend the summer, and then WA to AZ, with a cat and a dog.
Listening to the rough cowboy voice calms my cat and she doesn't meow every 2 seconds!! She just lies down in her kennel and sleeps!!
She's probably listening intently, though.
birdmanseven's review against another edition
3.0
On it's own I probably would have rated this higher. Coming off of Appaloosa, it gets 3.5. The story itself is interesting and engaging, but the reunion of Hitch and Cole took away from the finality of the first book. Obviously if this is going to be a series they have to be together again. I just think it happened too soon and for not a good enough reason. Appaloosa ends with Everett making a huge sacrifice so that Virgil can stay with Allie in the town of Appaloosa. Resolution had a "never mind that " feel to it and suddenly they were partners again. This story didn't need Virgil Cole. If he has to be in the book, it would have been better to have given him a seperate side story and then mabye end it with the two of them reuniting. So again, as a stand-a-lone this was a good book. However, I think it weakened the series a bit.
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ajsdf's review against another edition
4.0
Every bit as good as Appaloosa, I thought. In fact, I read it first (after seeing the movie version of Appaloosa).
adelayedteacher's review against another edition
3.0
Much like it's predecessor "Appaloosa" it's popcorn. You'll find new characters and new adventures but that's about it.
jennyninnymuggins's review against another edition
3.0
Uhm. 1 star for story. -1 star for dialogue. 3 stars for Virgil & Hitch threatening dummies who don't take care of their horses.
ericwelch's review against another edition
4.0
Audiobook: Excellent western following Appaloosa in the Hitch/Cole series. I especially love the cadence of Parker’s writing that is very similar to his Jesse Stone series, one of my Stone’s favorites. Hitch, who resembles Stone in many ways, has arrived at the town of Resolution where he takes the job of ‘lookout’ in a saloon/whorehouse. He establishes his credentials very soon by killing the local gunfighter and then, to his employer’s consternation begins defending the local whores from brutes, several of whom are “important” people.
It gets complicated when the saloon’s owner, who also owns the general store, begins to close out on some homesteaders whose debts have become intolerable. He wants their land. And then the local mine owner hires two gunslingers and *he* wants the saloon.
Hitch and Cole are not your average gunslingers. Hitch a graduate of West Point and Cole occasionally talks about John Locke. “The law is a contract between government and the people, so when we was the law in Appaloosa were we the government or the people?” asks Cole of Hitch. Good question. The issue arises once again in Resolution.
Perfectly read by Titus Welliver.
It gets complicated when the saloon’s owner, who also owns the general store, begins to close out on some homesteaders whose debts have become intolerable. He wants their land. And then the local mine owner hires two gunslingers and *he* wants the saloon.
Hitch and Cole are not your average gunslingers. Hitch a graduate of West Point and Cole occasionally talks about John Locke. “The law is a contract between government and the people, so when we was the law in Appaloosa were we the government or the people?” asks Cole of Hitch. Good question. The issue arises once again in Resolution.
Perfectly read by Titus Welliver.
lesley's review against another edition
3.0
An easy going western read by Titus Welliver so obviously I liked it.
shainas's review against another edition
4.0
If you're a fan of Robert Parker's Spenser books, you'll probably like this one too. I accidentally started with the second one in the series, but it was really easy to pick up. The dynamic between Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole feels a lot like Spenser and Hawk. There's not so much of a mystery as there is two men falling into a mission.