April 28, 2009

Novel's Early Promise Stalls

I'm not quite halfway through Gil Adamson's THE OUTLANDER (not to be confused with OUTLANDER by Diana Gabaldon), and suspect I've stalled because the book is a bit slow. Premise is great -- "In 1903 a mysterious young woman flees alone across the West, one heart-pounding step ahead of the law. At nineteen, Mary Boulton has just become a widow, and her husband's killer..." -- but the promise of a great adventure remains unfulfilled.

I am hopeful, however, as the character called The Ridgerunner has just come back on scene, implying he and Mary will again get together and stir up a little action.

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