A review by sarah_ls
Hondo by Louis L'Amour

3.0

I enjoyed this book for the most part. It was an interesting situation because the writing was really quite beautiful but I spent a fair amount of time snickering at clichés. We had fearsome Apache warriors, the love of a man for a woman, the need a woman has for a man, their eyes meet... Okay, it didn't get quite that bad. Basically there was a lot about the importance of family and a love of the land. The funny thing is, I wouldn't be surprised if those things are clichés in westerns simply because they might be a staple of L'Amour's writing.

The writing itself was beautiful and the story was pretty good. I listened to the audio, which was narrated by David Strathairn, and he did an excellent job. I liked it.