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Lassiter #2
Ambush For Lassiter
Sentenced to twenty-five years in prison for a murder they did not commit, Lassiter and Borling make a daring break for freedom only to be betrayed, and Lassiter, when he finally makes it out, is determined to quench his thirst for revenge, in a story based on the author's father's legendary hero from Riders of the Purple Sage. Original.
- GenresWesterns
246 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1985
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November 14, 2018
An effective but hardly noteworthy piece of ghost-written escapist fare, AMBUSH FOR LASSITER is a mild improvement over Book #1 in the series. In this one, Lassiter is angrier and less wooden than before, and it's almost impossible not to visualize him as a young Clint Eastwood.
The plot is standard revenge stuff, with the only unpredictable element being Lassiter's sexual entanglements. Unlike cowboy heroes of the John Wayne mold, Lassiter never takes the high road when it comes to women. He's a love 'em and leave 'em kind of guy, and he doesn't hesitate to hook up even if the girl in question is vulnerable, betrothed, or just a cold-hearted b***h. Though the presence of so many willing beautiful women seems highly unlikely in the Old West, I appreciate that Lassiter's indiscretions result in unfortunate consequences from time to time, the closest these books ever come to giving him a character flaw.
AMBUSH FOR LASSITER is exactly the sort of action-packed, fast-paced Western I loved as a kid, but with more sex than you'd ever get from a writer like Louis L'Amour. It's fun but forgettable.
The plot is standard revenge stuff, with the only unpredictable element being Lassiter's sexual entanglements. Unlike cowboy heroes of the John Wayne mold, Lassiter never takes the high road when it comes to women. He's a love 'em and leave 'em kind of guy, and he doesn't hesitate to hook up even if the girl in question is vulnerable, betrothed, or just a cold-hearted b***h. Though the presence of so many willing beautiful women seems highly unlikely in the Old West, I appreciate that Lassiter's indiscretions result in unfortunate consequences from time to time, the closest these books ever come to giving him a character flaw.
AMBUSH FOR LASSITER is exactly the sort of action-packed, fast-paced Western I loved as a kid, but with more sex than you'd ever get from a writer like Louis L'Amour. It's fun but forgettable.
July 18, 2009
I picked this up at the library in my quest to read different genres of books. This is a Western written by the son of Zane Grey so I think it might be somewhat typical of that genre. It was fairly good. If it had been really long I might have found it to “cookie cutter”, but considering it was a fairly quick read it was entertaining.
September 13, 2010
Ok, but not up to the caliber of Zane Grey's writing.
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