Title: Not A Keeper
Product review: Doesn't come close to its marketing hype: "...melds the sweeping adventures and dramatic landscapes of Lonesome Dove ..." Give me a break! The author doesn't know the first thing about good description to give you a feel of location. I had to keep searching backwards to find where she might have mentioned the name of territory or state or town to give me a clue. The characters are never fleshed out. Nothing and nobody, not even the dogs, come off the page. Through one third of the book, I started skimming and skipping just to get to the last page. I could have fed a lot of quarters into a one-armed bandit and at least had fun losing my money. I've read a lot better pioneer women stories, written by men! Just bad story telling. And exactly that. Dry telling. No showing. Nonfiction history and "real diaries" are more interesting. I don't think I'll buy anymore Regan Books if this is an example of what they publish.
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