Not a bad western, although severely lacking in the grit department compared to True Grit. I found Monte Becket really annoying at times, like when Siringo dislocates Becket's hand and breaks his collarbone for no particular reason and Becket just takes it, even sticks with Siringo. Becket had so many opportunities to escape, and yet took none of them. The coolest character in the book is Hood, it is such a shame his tenure is so short.
I have reservations about how practical it is to row standing up.
Despite all this I found the book to be reasonably enjoyable.
3 stars.
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