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ellsbeth's review against another edition
5.0
Johnson's sense of place is always fantastic. This story takes place in Wyoming's Big Horn Mountains and has you questioning a lot of things as you go. When I finished, I wanted to immediately start reading it again, along with Dante's Inferno. Walt is one of my favorite book characters.
prairieraven's review against another edition
4.0
I thought that the first 3 were good.(the next few were not as good)....This is the best one in the series. enjoyed this so much I read it in one day in two reading sessions and it had Virgil in it!!! So good. noms. I recommend the book and the series as good, easy, entertaining, and enjoyable mystery reads. Great for in-between your more serious books
shaguirre's review against another edition
slow-paced
4.5
tgcpa's review against another edition
3.0
This was a departure from the traditional mystery that has been the Longmire series. It was a good story with Virgil, but beyond that the substance was lacking for me on this one. I'll keep reading the series, but this one wasn't my favorite.
daezarkian's review against another edition
5.0
Walt Longmire, the gruff Sheriff or Absaroka County, finds himself having a very bad day when he's asked to help Federal Marshall's uncovered evidence buried in Walt's jurisdiction by deranged prisoner Reynaud Shade. Things go from bad to worse when Shade escaped with hostages and takes off into the mountains in the middle of a blizzard, with only Walt close enough to go after him. Soon Walt is on a one-man trek through the brutal wilderness, fighting the elements as he closes in on quite possibly the most dangerous man he's ever encountered.
A bit of a departure from the other Longmire mysteries with much more surreal and thriller elements than detective work, "Hell Is Empty" is nevertheless an engaging, entertaining, and at times downright thrilling book. And while many of Longmire's regular cast of characters are absent for most of this one, Walt is such a strong character and the stakes are so high that I didn't mind at all.
Another terrific read from Craig Ferguson. I can't wait to catch up with Walt again.
A bit of a departure from the other Longmire mysteries with much more surreal and thriller elements than detective work, "Hell Is Empty" is nevertheless an engaging, entertaining, and at times downright thrilling book. And while many of Longmire's regular cast of characters are absent for most of this one, Walt is such a strong character and the stakes are so high that I didn't mind at all.
Another terrific read from Craig Ferguson. I can't wait to catch up with Walt again.
snarlet319's review against another edition
4.0
I am really enjoying all of the Longmire books, and able to see them as different from the TV series, which I also really like.
ericwelch's review against another edition
3.0
I saw a variation of this story on the excellent Longmire TV series (well, it has sort of jumped the shark recently), so I was prepared for having a basic idea of what was going to happen. Wrong. Very different. No problem, the books are always good.
Walt takes off after a gang of escaped convicts in the middle of a snowstorm. There’s a marvelous scene up in the mountains where Virgil White Buffalo, the huge Indian and Vietnam veteran from a previous book, and Walt hunker down during a snowstorm and discuss the Aeneid and play chess using some pebbles and rocks. The question is, did it happen?
I questioned the motivations of the bad guy and certainly the apparitions, but Johnson always delivers a good story.
Walt takes off after a gang of escaped convicts in the middle of a snowstorm. There’s a marvelous scene up in the mountains where Virgil White Buffalo, the huge Indian and Vietnam veteran from a previous book, and Walt hunker down during a snowstorm and discuss the Aeneid and play chess using some pebbles and rocks. The question is, did it happen?
I questioned the motivations of the bad guy and certainly the apparitions, but Johnson always delivers a good story.