Title: The Warrior’s Path
Series: The Sacketts, book 3
Author: Louis L’Amour
Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Books
Narrator: John Curless
Duration: 6 hours, 48 minutes
Copyright: 1999
Genres: adventure, exploration
Filed in: Audiobook reviews
Review copy provided by Kearney Public Library.
THE GIST: The year is now 1620 and there are white slavers afoot. They are exploiting tensions between the local Indian tribes and the settlers in order to keep the slave trade thriving. Yance and Kin, the first generation of Sackett’s born in what will someday be America, decide to go after the slavers, when a relative of theirs is kidnapped.
MY THOUGHTS: “The Warrior’s Path” is the third audio book in L’Amour's Sackett series, and like the first two books, this one did not interest me at all. I struggled through the first hour of this one before giving it up.
NARRATOR: There is just something about John Curless’ voice that makes my brain want to think about something else. I think I could have enjoyed “The Warrior’s Path” if someone else had narrated the audio book.
FINAL WORD: Again, if you are interested in trying out some of Louis L’Amour’s audio books, start with some later ones. Many of the later Sackett audio books are narrated by David Strathairn and he is excellent.
CHECK OUT THESE OTHER AUDIOBOOK REVIEWS:
To the Far Blue Mountains by Louis L’Amour (Audiobook Review)
The Daybreakers by Louis L’Amour (Audiobook review)
Sackett by Louis L’Amour (audiobook Review)
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Again, I enjoyed the book. It's less a western, or even a Mountain Man-type tale, than a tale of the early American wilderness. To get a taste of L'Amour in Western mode hit "The Daybreakers" and you'll see the Sacketts breaking out of the eastern mountains to become western men.
ReplyDeleteI don't know how they choose the readers for the audio books. Having listened to audio books a few years back - when I could afford to belong to Audible.com - I rarely listened to novels, preferring to go with histories and biographies. Hearing the actual author read his/her work was usually enjoyable. A dramatic reading would be a lot different, I know.
I see that David Strathairn narrates "The Daybreakers" on the audio recording at the L'Amour site. Maybe he's better than John Curless? LOL
Keep the reviews coming!
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Hey Ben, fancy meeting you here! lol
ReplyDeleteA Sackett ho-down in the midst of the 21st century. I might have to give these guys a try. Let's see if I can dig into a western. Hmm...
:-) Great written review. Your honesty works for the reader.
Yes, as far as I can tell, David Strathairn does all of the Sackett books after the first three. I like his style much better.
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