Jiles, Paulette

With memorable and compelling characters, this slower-moving story will appeal to readers of history or Westerns. Recommended for fans of Jiles’s other titles or novels such as Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove.

Very highly recommended for adult audio collections. ["Not to be missed by Jiles's fans and lovers of Texas historical fiction"; LJ 12/15 review of the Morrow hc.]

This Western is not to be missed by Jiles's fans and lovers of Texan historical fiction. The final chapter's solid resolution will satisfy those who like to know what ultimately becomes of beloved characters. [See Prepub Alert, 9/21/15.]

With the lack of quotation marks to denote speech, the style becomes part of the dystopia, as if even basic grammar has devolved. The barrier between thoughts and spoken word is broken without those grammatical queues, making the text dreamlike. Nadia's wandering journey maintains that hopeful anticipation of deep sleep. This is not a fast read, but if readers take the time, Jiles (Color of Lightening; Stormy Weather) has created a fascinating dystopic vision of a future world. [See Prepub Alert, 4/22/13.]