A review by sarahdm
Follow Me to Hell: McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice by Tom Clavin
Did not finish book.
2.0
DNF at 72% of the audiobook
Listen. I was trying to be a good bookworm and diversify what I read. Calvin's book popped up Libby's new audiobooks and I put a loan on it. The premise sounded fun, gritty, and it looked pretty short. Why not give historic non-fiction a try.
This was so boring. I was expecting a deep dive into the character that was Leander McNelly. Instead its just rambled off list of battles and wars. As well, all of the stories Clavin was telling seemed so disjoined. He spends half the book explaining the background of the Texas Ranger and Texas as a whole. Another quarter is just random side tangency. I think we only spend maybe 1/4 of the book on McNelly and their story. I agree with other reviewers that this feels more like a history book then an intimate look at one man's extraordinary life.
2 Stars because I don't think there is anything really wrong with the book. I just don't think its for me.
Guess I'll stick to memoirs for my non-fiction.
Listen. I was trying to be a good bookworm and diversify what I read. Calvin's book popped up Libby's new audiobooks and I put a loan on it. The premise sounded fun, gritty, and it looked pretty short. Why not give historic non-fiction a try.
This was so boring. I was expecting a deep dive into the character that was Leander McNelly. Instead its just rambled off list of battles and wars. As well, all of the stories Clavin was telling seemed so disjoined. He spends half the book explaining the background of the Texas Ranger and Texas as a whole. Another quarter is just random side tangency. I think we only spend maybe 1/4 of the book on McNelly and their story. I agree with other reviewers that this feels more like a history book then an intimate look at one man's extraordinary life.
2 Stars because I don't think there is anything really wrong with the book. I just don't think its for me.
Guess I'll stick to memoirs for my non-fiction.