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The Buntline Special (Weird West Tales, #1)
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bookshelves: alternate-history, magic, paranormal, steampunk, vampires, wizards-mages-or-sorcerers, zombies, steampunk-wild-west
Dec 06, 2012
bookshelves: alternate-history, magic, paranormal, steampunk, vampires, wizards-mages-or-sorcerers, zombies, steampunk-wild-west
2.5 stars
A number of things I am interested in should have been enough for me to like this book. But it felt more like: Oh, we need vampires. Got it. What next? Zombies? Do we have zombies? No? Here you go. What about automatons? Ok, here take these whore automatons. And put some well-known names in the story as well. And another thing, even though I know it is an alternative reality I couldn't accept the idea of Thomas Edison as a good natured, well-meaning inventor only interested in his inventions and the glory of his country.
Separately, all the things in the book were great. Together, not so much.
The story itself isn't bad though and I love the way it is written. I just don't care for its characters, that's all. Not one singled himself/herself out. I hated how the relationship between Big Nose Kate and Doc Holliday was depicted.
Wyatt Earp and his brothers are up against a group of cowboys and maybe even the Indians. They get Doc Holliday and Matterson to help them guard Edison and Buntline, because someone wants them dead. Of course, the other side doesn't sleep and they get their own help. As far as the story goes, as soon as he arrives it becomes Doc Holliday's.
A number of things I am interested in should have been enough for me to like this book. But it felt more like: Oh, we need vampires. Got it. What next? Zombies? Do we have zombies? No? Here you go. What about automatons? Ok, here take these whore automatons. And put some well-known names in the story as well. And another thing, even though I know it is an alternative reality I couldn't accept the idea of Thomas Edison as a good natured, well-meaning inventor only interested in his inventions and the glory of his country.
Separately, all the things in the book were great. Together, not so much.
The story itself isn't bad though and I love the way it is written. I just don't care for its characters, that's all. Not one singled himself/herself out. I hated how the relationship between Big Nose Kate and Doc Holliday was depicted.
Wyatt Earp and his brothers are up against a group of cowboys and maybe even the Indians. They get Doc Holliday and Matterson to help them guard Edison and Buntline, because someone wants them dead. Of course, the other side doesn't sleep and they get their own help. As far as the story goes, as soon as he arrives it becomes Doc Holliday's.
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Reading Progress
December 6, 2012
– Shelved
April 26, 2013
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Started Reading
April 26, 2013
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3.0%
"Oh, this is rich! Someone is trying to kill Thomas Edison and it "could be the Indians, or a jealous rival, or an entrepreneur who wants to steal his secrets.""
April 27, 2013
– Shelved as:
alternate-history
April 27, 2013
– Shelved as:
magic
April 27, 2013
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paranormal
April 27, 2013
– Shelved as:
steampunk
April 27, 2013
– Shelved as:
vampires
April 27, 2013
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zombies
April 27, 2013
– Shelved as:
wizards-mages-or-sorcerers
April 27, 2013
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Finished Reading
August 17, 2013
– Shelved as:
steampunk-wild-west