The two wives of Bowie Stone do not endear me. One was abused for 4 years, didn't lift a finger, then went self-destruct. Another kept swooning and crying for a man to help her. I do understand it's THE era, but when I read I expect the lead to be exceptional , to be different in some way either in moral character or trait. Don't see it here.
One more thing, when you're being abused and planning a revenge, do you really need four years? Does it have to be a gun to finish the job? Can't it be a knife or some other means that should have been readily available? If you asked me, I wouldn't have waited for 4 years to save and buy gun and bullets after my mother got killed and I myself being raped by the same man. But, hey..if Rosie did the same she would have been hanged before she even met Mr. Stone, and there would be no story to tell, wouldn't it?
Bowie Stone is no better. What's the excuse of him not telling Rosie the truth after her love declaration. No, make it their first love making. I don't care about many good qualities he has, he has no business stringing her along like that when he knows darn well he'd leave.
The story itself reads like a fairy soap opera. Over-the-top secondary characters. Sudden change of many hearts. One very convenient death. Big letdown after the experience of Jenny Jones.(less) [edit]
2/5
