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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
A quick swashbuckler. My first experience with L'Amour. I like the way he writes, I'll definitely be checking out the rest of this series as well as some of his Westerns.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Fun read. Not quite a western, as this is the backstory about how the Sacketts came to be in the west from England, but I personally liked that. Very cozy. Excited to read more about this family!
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Rereading the series, prolly at least the 6th or 7th time.
Read:
July 22, 2012
Read:
July 22, 2012
The beginning of the Sackett saga starts here. Not the most historically accurate account. But hey, it's a novel written by one of the best western novelists of all time.
3.5 rounded up to 4. Very quick read, L'Amour gets the action going and doesn't really let up throughout the whole book. Definitely kept me engaged, but it also made the whole thing seem like it took place over a long weekend, rather than (I think) the year or more that it actually took. The characters were likable but pretty 1-dimensional, and in some cases even interchangeable. Sackett himself was a bit of a "Gary Stue." He was entirely capable of handling literally every problem he encountered with essentially no difficulty.
Also, I was looking forward to a western, and this is definitely not that, though I guess that's probably the result of me pigeonholing L'Amour into that genre. The setting is divided between London and Florida, though I can see the Sackett dynasty that I've heard so much about in its nascence. I don't know if I enjoyed the book enough to see it through, though.
Also, I was looking forward to a western, and this is definitely not that, though I guess that's probably the result of me pigeonholing L'Amour into that genre. The setting is divided between London and Florida, though I can see the Sackett dynasty that I've heard so much about in its nascence. I don't know if I enjoyed the book enough to see it through, though.
Wanted to read about life with the Sacketts. I am glad I read this as a foundation for the remainder of the series.
Don’t really get it. I was not intrigued at all by this and it has decades of rave reviews. Just not my style I guess but I really wanted to like this and get immersed into the series.
adventurous
informative
lighthearted
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