Series ✦ Penny’s Take
Ride the Red Sun Down
Thom Nicholson · 2005
65/100
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A solid mid-list western with a genuinely refreshing twist — a hero who gets fooled and makes real mistakes. The pacing is brisk and it reads cleanly in a sitting or two. Genre veterans will see the plot turns coming, and the supporting cast never quite fills out, but fans looking for a readable, unpretentious frontier story will find it does the job.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety78
substance58
craft63
originality60
accuracy70
hype72
age-fit80
human-eye62
Penny’s verdict65
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