Review: Who's the Good and Who's the Bad?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 23, 2013
I have only ever seen a couple of western movies starring Clint Eastwood, and never read a true western before Van Holt. I had no idea what I have been missing!The Stranger from Hell is my second Holt novel; I started reading this right after I had finished The Man Called Bowdry, another amazing read. Although I haven't anything to compare Holt's style with, considering my lack of experience in the genre, one thing is for sure, Van Holt's novels have all the ingredients needed to surpass the genre lines, and become favorites for everyone who just enjoy a good book with a solid story and true to life representation.The story of A Stranger from Hell is well worth reading, because it is a classic act of the huntsmen becoming the hunted, and how it only takes a gunshot to the forehead and everything you ever worked for, prided yourself about, and looked down on others for, goes down thump in the dust. A story where you will have a hard time asking yourself whether you ought to root for the good guy or feel deadly sorry for the bad ones. Whichever way your boot swings, one thing is for sure, you will be thinking about Ben Campbell and his radical ways for a long time.