Rebecca M. (rose-juniper) reviewed Mountain Man: A Novel of Male and Female in the Early American West on + 7 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Books are so personal but this was one of my all time favorites. A little violent in places but I think it was very accurate depiction of the times. Very well written. I felt like I was in some of the areas while reading it.
thedudeabides reviewed Mountain Man: A Novel of Male and Female in the Early American West on + 28 more book reviews
I ordered this based on the sterling reviews the book garnered on this site. Boy, what a disappointment. The language was dated as written, regardless of what era it was depicting, and it absolutely does not resonate with the modern focus on writing style or word choice. Fisher's sentences are clunky to the point of being unreadable.
The worst thing about the book is that it violates the cardinal rule of writing; show it, don't say it. Fisher should have been showing us pictures in our mind of how wonderful the last wild place on earth was, instead of having his character sing its praises with every single page.
If you happen to enjoy historical novels, I would recommend Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series or Patrick O'Brian's sea stories any day over Fisher's work.
The worst thing about the book is that it violates the cardinal rule of writing; show it, don't say it. Fisher should have been showing us pictures in our mind of how wonderful the last wild place on earth was, instead of having his character sing its praises with every single page.
If you happen to enjoy historical novels, I would recommend Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series or Patrick O'Brian's sea stories any day over Fisher's work.
