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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
DNF. 18%. Monte is unlikeable and more than a little dull. The story goes nowhere.
There's nothing like a Western, and this one was my favorite fiction read of 2014. It isn't a quick read by any means; Schaefer loves his wide open West and takes every opportunity to describe it as well as the various towns, buildings, and minor characters who populate it and give it its soul. A faster pace would rob the epic. The larger-than-life writing style fits the story well.
I love reading about this rugged time when cattle rustling was a capital offense and men lived and died for land and loyalty. But this isn't only a story of the West. It is also the carefully detailed portrait of one man: tough, stubborn, loyal, mischievous, independent, a good friend and a good man with a horse.
I love reading about this rugged time when cattle rustling was a capital offense and men lived and died for land and loyalty. But this isn't only a story of the West. It is also the carefully detailed portrait of one man: tough, stubborn, loyal, mischievous, independent, a good friend and a good man with a horse.
I just read this book for the second time. With 25 years between the first and second readings, I was a little worried how I would feel about it this time around. But, never fear, these characters hold up. This book stays on my list of my all-time favorites.