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Up front: the only other frontier Western I have read is Lonesome Dove, which was for me the superior book. However I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book.
Character: Hondo Lane is a rough, tough, loner of a man. He is a stereotype of what we think a man in the old west would be. He is a drifter. A half-breed (though that term grates on me.) He is kind of the Jack Reacher of the old west. And while that is a draw to most, for me it was a negative. I find this kind of character ...more
Character: Hondo Lane is a rough, tough, loner of a man. He is a stereotype of what we think a man in the old west would be. He is a drifter. A half-breed (though that term grates on me.) He is kind of the Jack Reacher of the old west. And while that is a draw to most, for me it was a negative. I find this kind of character ...more
4 stars
I haven't read a Louis L'Amour or Zane Grey book in ages and had forgotten how well done they are. Yes, there are sexist overtones in this book but I attribute most of that to the time during which the book was written. With that in mind, there was nothing so bad that made the book unreadable or unable to be enjoyed for what it was - a well-written, interesting western. ...more
I haven't read a Louis L'Amour or Zane Grey book in ages and had forgotten how well done they are. Yes, there are sexist overtones in this book but I attribute most of that to the time during which the book was written. With that in mind, there was nothing so bad that made the book unreadable or unable to be enjoyed for what it was - a well-written, interesting western. ...more
✭✭½
Jul 23, 2018
Jim Townsend
marked it as to-read
Feb 28, 2024
Barry Brauchi
marked it as to-read
