Review: Simply loved it
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 23, 2013
I am not particularly keen on books turning into movies; I believe most of the magic of imagination is taken away during the process. But for this book, I have to make an exception, I would love to see The Man Called Bowdry turned into a movie, it really is just so exciting and exuberating that no amount of cutting and editing can take that away from the actual story.So, there's old man Pollard, and there's Bowdry, and their initial meeting and conversing is what hooks you to the book, nothing is told about their relationship in clear words, yet there is absolutely no doubt that they are related. Hell starts to break loose slowly and steadily, as the old man is shot dead, the people involved in killing him are shot dead, and Bowdry who has yet to shoot anyone dead is held responsible for all the deaths. From a stranger to the most wanted man in the west, this is the journey of The Man Called Bowdry, and it will take you on a ride so captivating that you will have a hard time letting go of the book till the very end.Holt has created a spectacular Hellbound western, one that surely lives up to the standards. What I loved the most about reading this book was the ingenuity of the dialogues; it was like all of the characters were popping out of the pages and actually delivering the words in my mind, they were just that real.Kudos to Holt for writing such a majestic western, my first Van Holt novel, and certainly not my last!