Book: ‘Rattlesnake Valley’ by J.A. Johnstone
by Rob Smith, Jr. on May.26, 2019, under Books
Rattlesnake Valley by J.A. Johnstone
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
A fine tale with a few finer twists that makes a good book. There are troubles, though.
One of those troubles is that this tale has been told a number of times within the various Johnstone Clan series. This one,as others, has a different ending, but much of the mechanics of the book are very closely repeated. Of the ones I remember, this one is one of the better re-tellings by the Johnstone Clan.
The tale is of a bad guy with land wanting more land of an uncle with a daughter and there still another Johnstone attempt to “tree” a town. As I understand,in American western history, there were a few efforts to take over a town and none succeeded. In the Johnstone many series of books, I believe I’ve read a good 2 dozen. This one has a more than one alteration to the details of the story that is more of a surprise due to expecting a complete repeat of other Johnstone novels.
There are also a number of inconsistencies with earlier ‘Loner’ novels. Also time frame issues involving the series where years turn into months turn into years.
Botoom line: I recommend this book. 7 out of ten points.
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