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A review by ericbuscemi
Christmas in Absaroka County by Craig Johnson
3.0
Four unrelated Christmas stories about Walt Longmire:
'Ministerial Aid' featured a hungover Longmire on the New Year's Day following the death of his wife being mistaken for a modern day Jesus by a mentally unstable woman. A bit less realism here than in the rest of the series, but enjoyable as a Christmas fable.
'Slick-Tongued Devil' involved Longmire treating a con man with compassion. I didn't care for it, despite the positive message, as I would have preferred reading about Longmire kicking the con man's ass, compassion be damned.
'Toys for Tots' has Longmire meeting a Iraq war vet while out Christmas shopping with his daughter Cady, and brightening his Christmas in a unique way. This was probably my favorite story in the collection.
'Unbalanced' sees Longmire picking up a hitchhiker with a sad story to tell. Not much I can say without spoiling it, but a short enjoyable read, if a bit somber.
While these four stories were each okay, the collection is not a must read, except for Walt Longmire completists.
'Ministerial Aid' featured a hungover Longmire on the New Year's Day following the death of his wife being mistaken for a modern day Jesus by a mentally unstable woman. A bit less realism here than in the rest of the series, but enjoyable as a Christmas fable.
'Slick-Tongued Devil' involved Longmire treating a con man with compassion. I didn't care for it, despite the positive message, as I would have preferred reading about Longmire kicking the con man's ass, compassion be damned.
'Toys for Tots' has Longmire meeting a Iraq war vet while out Christmas shopping with his daughter Cady, and brightening his Christmas in a unique way. This was probably my favorite story in the collection.
'Unbalanced' sees Longmire picking up a hitchhiker with a sad story to tell. Not much I can say without spoiling it, but a short enjoyable read, if a bit somber.
While these four stories were each okay, the collection is not a must read, except for Walt Longmire completists.