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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
The Ghost Walker was an interesting read.,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Ghost Walker (A Wind River Reservation Myste) (Paperback)
The Ghost Walker was quick and easy reading. As a fan of Tony Hillerman's work and his fascinating Navaho characters, Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn, I was interested in how Margaret Coel's work, set on the Wind River Arapaho reservation, would compare. Maybe it wasn't fair to compare. Coel's and Hillerman's styles are totally different, as they should be. Even though they both write about Native Americans on the reservation, every writer is unique, every story is different. Coel's Father John O'Malley is certainly an engaging character, a real, flawed human being like the rest of us. Still, I found Coel's story here to be not quite as engaging as I thought it could have been (thus, 3 stars). I enjoyed the book enough, though, to want to read another in the series, maybe The Dream Stalker.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Coel makes you feel like you were there on the reservation.,
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This review is from: The Ghost Walker (A Wind River Reservation Myste) (Paperback)
Margaret Coel is one of the more talented mystery writers out there, but what really makes her stand out is her ability to write with sensitivity about life among the Arapaho. She manages to avoid stereotypes both of "the drunken Indian" and "the noble Indian". But she is also excellent at her descriptions of setting, and gives you a feel for Wyoming. When she described the snowy wind-swept winter landscape of Wyoming, I could see it all clearly in my mind and wanted to turn up the thermostat. I was a little disappointed with the ending, and that is the only reason I wouldn't give this book five stars. But if you like reading about Native Americans, you will love this book.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Makes you feel right at home with Father John....,
By A Customer
This review is from: Ghost Walker (Wind River Reservation Mystery) (Hardcover)
Margaret Coel's second book weaves an intricate
web involving smuggling and murder on the Arapaho
Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. The primary
characters, a Jesuit priest fighting his personal
battle with alcoholism and an Arapaho attorney
plagued with guilt over abandoning her children
when they were young. Together these two unlikely
detectives investigate the suspicious events that
take place when three white men show up on the
reservation with the attorney's daughter. From the moment that Father John O'Malley discovers a body at the side of the road during a blizzard, the reader becomes part of the story. The characters and the mysteries they face, pull the reader into the depths of the book. We become friends with Father John and Vicky Holden, and eagerly get caught up in their lives. This is a very "comfortable" book to read. Though it is not highly suspenseful, the story has been told thoroughly and with the insight of someone who knows the ways of the Arapaho people. The reader is allowed glimpses in to the private lives of the characters, and comes away wanting to know them better. I gave it an "8" only because there were times when it seemed to drag a little.....so its really close to a "9" !!
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