Title: Disappointing But Worth a Read
Product review: Having read everything Parker has written, and enjoying it all a good deal, I found this book curiously disappointing. It was simply too similar to the recent film "Tombstone." That might not be Parker's fault, entirely, because both that film and this book (and, I suppose, the movie "Wyatt Earp") are based on the same historical or legendary events. Still, some of the book seems extracted from the film intact. Most of the book differed in its specifics from the Hollywood version so that I didn't feel I was simply reading the screenplay, but it was disturbingly similar a bit too often. Still, it's well written. The narrative moves along nicely and the dialogue is sparse and engaging. I certainly enjoyed the author's attempt at trying to write a western - it was an easy, fun novel to read.If he ever reads these reviews, I'd be interested to get the author's comments on the similarity to "Tombstone." Perhaps I'm way off here.
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