My Book Reviews: ‘Dark Night of the Mountain Man’ by William W. Johnstone
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Jul.23, 2023, under Books
Dark Night of the Mountain Man by William W. Johnstone
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This excellent volume of Smoke Jensen wraps the 20th anniversary of the death of William Johnstone. The writer of this creates a tale and writes quite differently than Johnstone, but with the same panache and skill the pull a reader through. Some recent johnstone books have been missing this.
This writer also pulls in elements of Johnstone’s earlier horror books, but includes humor often absent in those. Overall one of the best of the last ten years or so.
The plotting is very well done. Writing in the attacks and the town organizing and pursuit is well paced with a very satisfying conclusion. Whereas I’ve noticed far too much extraneous material in many recent Johnstone Clan novels, this one is far better tightly written.
The expected well-written characters are included and the settings also better depicted. A few new characters are written in with such ease, I wasn’t sure whether I had or hadn’t read of them before. Great!
The ending is also better than most. Not the typical Johnstone ending with the reader feeling nearly in free-fall. Satisfying.
Overall, this is a great book!
Bottom line: I recommend this book. 10 out of 10 points.
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