tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post1102784778990275702..comments2024-03-04T11:22:53.502-05:00Comments on Fifty Books Project 2023: Flint by Louis L'AmourFifty Books Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640286429668778869noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post-31808728192069083142008-07-09T20:37:00.000-04:002008-07-09T20:37:00.000-04:00Enjoyed reading this. Hope you don't mind, but I p...Enjoyed reading this. Hope you don't mind, but I posted a link to your review on my blog, The Louis L'Amour project. You should check it out--I'd love some traffic!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284832038989114035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post-65427619510447567812008-04-13T22:28:00.000-04:002008-04-13T22:28:00.000-04:00L'Amour is one of my grandfather's favorites, as w...L'Amour is one of my grandfather's favorites, as well. He has a whole bookcase filled up with those westerns.Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06025813248950864149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post-80654397591762902462008-04-11T22:13:00.000-04:002008-04-11T22:13:00.000-04:00Yeah, I think the biggest problem most people have...Yeah, I think the biggest problem most people have is that, except for some of his heroes--who tend to be realistically flawed characters, a lot of the side characters are sort of archtypical. That's probably why his longer works read better to me. They get a little more development.<BR/><BR/>Also, I guess he wrote a short story satirizing a lot of the conventions he used in his stories, and I'd like to track that down and read it.Brent Waggonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05121696882391723790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post-89515808565761786172008-04-11T20:25:00.000-04:002008-04-11T20:25:00.000-04:00Yeah, I liked this one a lot. I thought he create...Yeah, I liked this one a lot. I thought he created some pretty interesting characters, although some were a little stiff.Carlton Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17845004609304082650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post-24251863688722441482008-04-11T19:44:00.000-04:002008-04-11T19:44:00.000-04:00Louis L'Amour gets a bad rap because he wrote so m...Louis L'Amour gets a bad rap because he wrote so much, I think. Some of short novels are really fun, and his longer books are actually really good.Brent Waggonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05121696882391723790noreply@blogger.com