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A classic western doing classic western things.
Hondo is a skilled marksman and rider for the US military as tensions between the army and Apaches rise. Out on his own, he stumbles upon a ranch house with a woman and boy. He begins to develop feelings for them, and they for him, but things get complicated when the Apache chief expects her to marry one of his tribe.
This book does everything you expect it to do which I guess is exactly what you want from an old genre western. The main characters have tough exteriors but soft hearts and sometimes things feel a little too convenient. My biggest critique was how the book effectively built anticipation for the final "epic" battle which then was crammed into the final 10 pages of the book and ends abruptly.
Definitely a letdown after an effective buildup.
This was my first foray into western books so I don't really have other recs for things similar.
Hondo is a skilled marksman and rider for the US military as tensions between the army and Apaches rise. Out on his own, he stumbles upon a ranch house with a woman and boy. He begins to develop feelings for them, and they for him, but things get complicated when the Apache chief expects her to marry one of his tribe.
This book does everything you expect it to do which I guess is exactly what you want from an old genre western. The main characters have tough exteriors but soft hearts and sometimes things feel a little too convenient. My biggest critique was how the book effectively built anticipation for the final "epic" battle which then was crammed into the final 10 pages of the book and ends abruptly.
Definitely a letdown after an effective buildup.
This was my first foray into western books so I don't really have other recs for things similar.