Review of Peach Tree Ranch

[Itz Savaga]

[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Peach Tree Ranch" by Paul Clifton.]

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4 out of 4 stars

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Paul Clifton weaves a wonderful, mysterious story in the book Peach Tree Ranch. Allton Henry Stephens lost his mother at a very young age. He and his father, Hank, had moved out west to start over after the death of his mother. Right there in Morgantown, Wyoming, they ventured into ranching and eventually owned their own ranch. Allton eventually got married to Mellie, and they had two kids, Charles and Libby. Allton had always been a serious-minded person who, most times, did not know how to show or express his feelings, and this was the only thing his wife, Mellie, wished was different about him. Of course, he loved her, but she wanted him to show her how much he did so.

One uneventful morning, something changed when Allton Stephens rode out of the ranch in 1888 to round up the stray cows but had a fall with his horse, Trigger. He was unconscious for a while, and when he woke and rode back to the ranch, he realised that he just rode into 2008. This disoriented him as he had no idea what had happened and how he had skipped one hundred and twenty years and entered the future. It became worse when he could not see his family, and his ranch had been turned into a state-owned museum. It all turned awkward when he met his supposed great grandson over a hundred years later. With him meeting Sheriff Mike Guthrie and his wife Laurie, would he be able to go back in time and correct his mistakes?

I love the whole idea behind this story. It was something new, and I was excited to read it. The storyline was brilliant, and I loved the author's way of weaving the plot around the characters. There were no unnecessary characters, and I appreciated that. There were also a lot of lessons to be learnt in this book. Most times, humans tend to overlook what really brings them joy and focus on things they think are the standard of happiness; most of these things can be measured and sized. The book teaches that we should instead focus on the little glimpse of heaven we see in our everyday life. A lot of people can relate to Allton's character and would be able to learn a lot from him. I loved the twist that came with Allton gifting Mike the rare pistol from hundred years before. It was really an intriguing read.

A book with this kind of plot needed a lot more mystery and suspense. Though there was some application of that in the book, more would have been better appreciated. As an avid reader, I expected more action in the first chapter of this book while the fall was being described. The description made the fall seem too light and like nothing that could take a man out. Notwithstanding, these issues did not affect the book a lot.

I will give this book a rating of 4 out of 4 stars. It deserves all the stars it can get as it took a lot of creativity from the author to produce a story this good. It was also written with a lot of valuable lessons embedded in it. It contains a few errors but can be classified as professionally edited.

I recommend this book to lovers of mystery and thriller stories embedded with some practical life lessons. This book contains a lot of that, and I am sure the readers will love it.

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Peach Tree Ranch
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[Christiana Eno-obong]

I think I’d enjoy reading this book just from the title. Kudos on a great review.