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The Buntline Special by Mike Resnick
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did not like it
bookshelves: own, steampunk

Had to abandon about half-way through. I typically hate not giving books a full go but this just could not keep me engaged enough. Perhaps this was a "young adult" book and no one told me. The premise was sound; fictional retelling of the wild west with the famous Tombstone cowboys but with a Steampunk twist. As an Arizona native, I'm very familiar with the story and thought I would love this. I did not. The store plays out much like a cartoon, with random characters assigned historical names and a steampunk-by-numbers recipe. Thomas Edison is an inventory; so he should have a mechanical arm and big brass monocle on his head. Geronimo is an Indian name, so that character can use magic and turn people into bats and Apaches can shape-shift into animals? I just couldn't, I'm sorry.
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Reading Progress

January 21, 2018 – Started Reading
January 21, 2018 – Shelved
January 21, 2018 – Shelved as: steampunk
January 21, 2018 – Shelved as: own
January 21, 2018 –
page 55
17.19% "I think I once again got a book that looked cool but was clearly meant to be in the “young adult� section 😑. Not bad though, just very simply written."
January 21, 2018 –
page 76
23.75%
January 22, 2018 – Finished Reading

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