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adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.25
I picked this up at random looking for another cowgirl/sapphic western and was very pleasantly surprised at how good this book was. Lots of cowboy gun-slinging action, beautiful place setting, and a loveable yet complicated cast of characters. Jess as the lead had a huge heart, and I was warmed by the overall message.
There are two big downsides for me: lots of violence/gore (personal preference - check the trigger warnings) and heavy usage of racial slurs. I understand the argument that could be made about keeping the language accurate to the time period (that part I think succeeded) but at a point, especially for a book written by a white male author, it's excessive and fairly lazy as a creative device in 2024.
There are two big downsides for me: lots of violence/gore (personal preference - check the trigger warnings) and heavy usage of racial slurs. I understand the argument that could be made about keeping the language accurate to the time period (that part I think succeeded) but at a point, especially for a book written by a white male author, it's excessive and fairly lazy as a creative device in 2024.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail