Book: ‘Six Ways from Sunday (Cotton Pickens, #2) Six Ways from Sunday’ by William W. Johnstone – October 23rd, 2016
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Oct.23, 2016, under Books
Six Ways from Sunday by William W. Johnstone
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
This is an odd book coming from the Johnstone Clan camp. The hero, is hardly that. He’s a bumbling ne’er-do-well that has little success in anything he does. This book is almost more of the main character as an observer of all that occurs. He sure doesn’t solve much of anything. Making this book one hard to grab a reader.
The story is OK with a better than average explanation as to the mechanics of how an area can be taken over. So happens the efforts described here happen even today. But as a typical western, this one has little gun play and, though lots happens, there is a meandering feel to the tale in that it’s rather clear the main character isn’t up to fixing the problem.
All of the other Johnstone Clan adventures the reader roots for the hero. With no hero and a cast of characters that is hard to like, this book misses the engaging storytelling that makes Johnstone Clan stories so compelling.
The setting is also not as well depicted. Never could get a handle of the town and it’s layout.
Bottom line: I don’t recommend this book: 4 out of 10 points.
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