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jokos's review against another edition
4.0
Really didn't think I would enjoy a western this much. Very entertaining with interesting characters.
epersonae's review against another edition
4.0
Reads very much like the movie, which is to say slow but in a good way. Laconic would be the word, I think.
gizmoto16's review against another edition
2.0
The movie was pretty good, so I thought the book would be too. The first half was ok, but after the assassination, it got boring and I stopped caring...and reading.
callumdingley's review against another edition
3.0
The first few acts of this novel blew my expectations out of the water by introducing a unique cast of characters that showed considerable personality alongside exciting descriptions of their actions. Once the book starts to lose momentum in it's actions, it seems what made the characters so great fades away as well. That's not to say it didn't have other great moments spread throughout, but it struggles to keep up with the consistency in both action and character. Overall, as I was pleasantly surprised with how well an action-focused book could portray interesting and complex characters, breaking away from the negative connotations of a classically styled western, but it fails to keep up with every aspect of it's occasional brilliance, making a tough book to rate.
imzadirose's review against another edition
3.0
This is SOOOOOO not my kind of book. I read it solely for a challenge, otherwise I never would have looked twice at it. It was something, I guess? I liked that it put me to sleep. Maybe I'll listen to more boring books to help me sleep at night. :) I'm not rating lower because it's my own fault for listening to something I don't enjoy.
cah242's review against another edition
4.0
Good, interesting read. I'm interested to find out how much of this is fiction. The last 1/3 drags some, but is worth reading to get the full story.
wrh121's review against another edition
3.0
A fantastic writer and parts sucked me in, but this was just a lot more Jesse James than I wanted I guess? It doesn’t help that he was not a great dude and it got harder to care about him as his story played on.
bobbo49's review against another edition
3.0
A good telling of the story of Jesse James's career, and his murder by Robert Ford -as well as the consequences for the remaining years of Ford's life. The wild west at its apex, in the 1880s.