David Radspinner's Reviews > The Buntline Special
The Buntline Special (Weird West Tales, #1)
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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
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Started Reading
January 21, 2018
– Shelved
January 21, 2018
– Shelved as:
steampunk
January 21, 2018
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own
January 21, 2018
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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."
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January 22, 2018
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Finished Reading