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A review by emiwan_kenobi
Raylan by Elmore Leonard
2.0
Actual rating: 2.5
Raylan
Really, really tired of the racial slurs and the sexism that Leonard Elmore has his “villains” throw around like candy at a parade.
I still love Raylan as a character but tbh at this point that’s mostly show!Raylan. Like if I’d read any of these books without ever having heard of the show I don’t think I’d care about him at all. The show takes all the good and weeds out a lot of the bad which helps make it more enjoyable.
Also I never get much of a “suspense” vibe from any of these books? Which is wild since Elmore is the “king of suspense”.
Anyway. 3 stars for general story, writing, etc. Didn’t really care for the first arc (kidney thieves) but the other two were better.
-1 star for just excessive racial slurs and sexism that add nothing to the story.
+1 for the scene where Raylan was naked except for his boots.
-0.5 for Raylan ending up with a college student in the end??
Total of 2.5/5
Can’t say if I’d read it again but I will buy it for my shelf.
Also though honestly if the (rumored) Raylan miniseries doesn’t give us the scene where Raylan is naked as a jaybird except for his cowboy boots like the book does then what even is the point?
Raylan
Really, really tired of the racial slurs and the sexism that Leonard Elmore has his “villains” throw around like candy at a parade.
I still love Raylan as a character but tbh at this point that’s mostly show!Raylan. Like if I’d read any of these books without ever having heard of the show I don’t think I’d care about him at all. The show takes all the good and weeds out a lot of the bad which helps make it more enjoyable.
Also I never get much of a “suspense” vibe from any of these books? Which is wild since Elmore is the “king of suspense”.
Anyway. 3 stars for general story, writing, etc. Didn’t really care for the first arc (kidney thieves) but the other two were better.
-1 star for just excessive racial slurs and sexism that add nothing to the story.
+1 for the scene where Raylan was naked except for his boots.
-0.5 for Raylan ending up with a college student in the end??
Total of 2.5/5
Can’t say if I’d read it again but I will buy it for my shelf.
Also though honestly if the (rumored) Raylan miniseries doesn’t give us the scene where Raylan is naked as a jaybird except for his cowboy boots like the book does then what even is the point?