tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286192414684337251.post281377361999957939..comments2023-09-29T06:36:36.572-04:00Comments on Red Pen Reviews: The Six-Gun Tarotredpenreviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17561851634108590356noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286192414684337251.post-34936603336592788832013-07-09T00:44:33.307-04:002013-07-09T00:44:33.307-04:00You're welcome! The dudes are fun, no question...You're welcome! The dudes are fun, no question, but there are fewer female characters and even the interesting ones don't get quite enough time on the page in the middle third of the book. Next month I think I'm doing a female-lead Western for the opening week. <br /><br />Some understanding of tarot is helpful, yeah-- most writers are lazy with it, but Belcher clearly did some research. That detail makes me want to read more of his books in the future, but this one would have been *so* much better with a more compact central cast. Juggling something like eight POVs was...fun, but a little too unfocused. redpenreviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561851634108590356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286192414684337251.post-42576802919639266412013-07-08T15:01:52.176-04:002013-07-08T15:01:52.176-04:00Thanks for the review. My boyfriend doesn't re...Thanks for the review. My boyfriend doesn't read much, but he plays D&D with Rod Belcher, so he devoured this pretty quickly and enjoyed it. I got a few chapters in but when dude after dude was introduced, I lost interest. These days I prefer women-driven stories. Though I wish I was more familiar with tarot. The tie-in with the chapter titles sounds neat.Mabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08524943063925386824noreply@blogger.com