A Book of Tongues

This was a fantasy/horror Western, a tale of the weird West. After finishing it, I wasn't sure if I liked it or not. The premise is interesting and the horror parts are intense, but I found it very hard to read. I found the dialogue hard to follow in that it's very Western twangy. I guess it was very authentic, at least in the way we perceive the Old West's way of speaking. The prose was very complex, though not pretentious. It made the whole reading experience rather exhausting. There were times where it was very hard to follow. The book was nominated for a Gaylactic Spectrum Award for best novel with positive LGBT content, so at least some people thought it was really good. I'm settling for calling it good, because I had such mixes feelings about it.

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