Gunslinger Girl

Flat and just didn't get enough to care about characters or stakes.

I really liked this book!! It was something new entirely. It's about a girl in a modern western time. When her father wants to send her away to another town, so she can be some strangers wife with the sole purpose of getting children, she runs away with her best friend.
When I was well over halfway I did began to worry when the action would come. It did become a bit boring and I kinda lost the plot line. But that was all forgotten when the finale did start!!!
I loved it as a stand alone and I would read a part two, if it ever came out. I do reccomend everyone to read it!

I definitely am lacking in the Western genre, so when I saw that this was a sci-fi Western YA book, with a Calamity Jane feel, I was down to try it out.

This is an interesting dystopia. What happened isn't truly explained, but it is enough that it felt mysterious to me, yet I still felt I had a decent grasp of it. I liked the setting and feeling of this book. There is that desert then the lawless sector and then the theatre... there was a lot.

I liked the characters as well. This is one of those cases where the main character does seem whiny and over reacts at times, but it wasn't too much for me and when it was, I understood it. Sometimes we expect characters to be natural killers and this isn't the case, Pity doesn't like killing, so it is an adjustment to read, but I liked it. I just felt that sometimes she was a little stupid. The side characters did seem to just revolve around Pity, but I still liked them.

The romance... kinda meh, if I'm being honest. I wasn't totally sold on it, but it also wasn't really insta-love, so that is a plus.

The unique thing about this book is the theater aspect, which made me think more Annie Oakley than Calamity Jane. It was fun though and the ‘Finale' aspect too was quite different. I wish it was more prominent in the book since it is just so unique, but there are not many times we read about the show Pity puts on. The Finale... I still have mixed feelings about it and wondering how people are okay with it and Selene's rule, buuuuuttt oh well.

This is a standalone, but I keep thinking there is a sequel to it and even the author says it is a possibility. So, keep that in mind, it is a more open ending. I'm not sure how I feel about it as a standalone, to be honest.

I will recommend this one to people, I think it is a interesting look at the Western genre and quite entertaining.