Walt Longmire (6 books in series)
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review 1: The set up here is something you've probably seen before-- escaped dangerous prisoners, horrible storm closing in, hero left mostly on their own. So why should you read this? Several reasons. It's not the ingredients, it's what the chef does with them.Writing: Craig Johnson is...
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review 1: This book isn't set too long after the last one, with some repurcussions from those events still effecting things. Walt and company are back in Wyoming at least, where they belong. The discovery of a body leads almost immediately to a run in with a wild man who becomes a suspec...
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review 1: I’ve been a fan of the Longmire TV show since it came on, and finally gave one of Johnson’s books a try. Liked it even more than the show, by a comfortable margin. The books are wittier, far more “novels with crime” than “crime novels.” In Junkyard Dogs the real crime doesn’t app...
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review 1: Mostly enjoyed this one although the idea that Walt can successfully go undercover in a small town, in the county next door is pretty ludicrous. This is a break from most of the supporting cast. Only Dog and Henry really show up for any length of time. Johnson's horse knowledge i...
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review 1: Another Man's Moccasins gave an in depth look at who Walt Longmire is and how he became the man and Sheriff that he is in the present. I found myself anticipating the events of his time in Vietnam and also anticipating the future of Cady, Michael, Vic, Walt and even Virgil. There...
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review 1: I used to be a huge fan of the Walt Longmire contemporary Westerns, but this series has definitely gone downhill since it became a TV series. Shoddy repetitive writing becomes irritating even in genre fiction - how many time in one novel do we need to hear the main protagonists e...