A review by mamamelreads
Sackett's Land by Louis L'Amour

3.0

Not much to say here. This book does exactly what it sets out to do ... tell the story of a man who conquers his enemies and the land in order to succeed and make a better life for himself. He finds adventure along with a rough but loyal group of companions. He manages to shoot better with a gun and with a bow and arrow than anyone around. He has no problem when facing odds of five to one against him in a fight. He gets the girl. He heads off into the beginning of his Happily Ever After. Just like every other Louis L'amour book in existence. I'm not a fan ... but I can see why others might be. These are comfort reads. You know exactly what to expect every single time you pick up one of these books. For that, this book earns three stars. I would have never read it, but for a book group challenge this year requiring that I read my best friend's favorite book. That honor goes to my husband, and since I had already read his favorite book, Great Expectations, I went with his second choice ... anything written by Louis L'amour. This is actually my second L'amour book, and to be fair, I ended up enjoying this much more than the first one. This is the beginning of a saga that spans American history, so it actually begins in England, before the larger settlement of the American continent. The Sacketts are eventually going to settle here, but they haven't arrived yet. Like his more prevalent Westerns, this is a story of expanding into new frontiers ... with more trees and less dust than the Westerns have. Will I ever read Louis L'amour again? Probably not. But this one wasn't half bad. I don't regret my time reading it ... if only because I absolutely adore my husband and feel like its okay to venture into the things that bring him reading joys once in a while. Three stars.