A review by wafer
The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

“It is a hard thing to be a good man”

I’m just such a sucker for duel timelines and western backdrops. Sprinkle in a cursed family name and a Mephistopheles-type and I am hooked, line, and sinker.

The prose is delicious. Everything about it is just a delight on my eyes. Once I got this in the mail yesterday, I could hardly keep it down, and isn’t that endorsement enough?