Review of Stumble and Sting
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Review of Stumble and Sting
[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Stumble and Sting" by R Benjamin Jordan.]
Stumbling O'Buffalo was part Irish with flaming red hair and part Manso Indian. He was lazy, clumsy, and a great disappointment to his grandfather, who knew he would never be a great Indian warrior and chief. His Irish father had taught him manners and how to talk with an Irish accent. Herman Willard Muhlendork was short, had a large nose, spoke like a hillbilly, and all he ever dreamed of was catching the bad guys. Stumbling O'Buffalo and Herman were both 20 years old when they left their respective homes to find their destinies. The two young men meet and decide to be partners in hunting down outlaws to collect the reward money. They decide they need names that will make people fear them, so Herman becomes Sting, and Stumbling O'Buffalo becomes Stumble. Stumble soon learns that Sting cannot use a gun, and Sting discovers that Stumble is intelligent but lazy and cannot track or use any other warrior skills that he had expected from him. Will these two very different individuals be successful in tracking down outlaws? Can an intelligent, well-spoken Indian and an uneducated hillbilly get along? Read Stumble and Sting: An Old West Yarn by R. Benjamin Jordan to discover their fates.
I enjoyed how the author used Irish and hillbilly dialects throughout the book. Each character is fully developed with background stories on each of them. I could easily visualize the short, bumbling, uneducated hillbilly and the large, menacing, red-haired Indian. It was easy to understand why each outlaw had turned bad, and I felt empathy for each of them. This book is full of humor, not only with Sting and Stumble's names and actions but also the names of some of the other characters, like Sheriff Ralph Grunge, Whiplash Whipple, Black Barry, Dirty Dave, Hateful Hector, Big Nose Kate, and Bright Eyes Betty. I laughed through most of this book and was sorry it ended. One of the most important lessons readers can learn from this book is "it is often a person's mouth that breaks his nose."
I was disappointed with the ending because it left me wanting more, and I hope R. Benjamin Jordan will write a sequel to answer the many questions I still have. The Kindle version has some formatting issues. There are large spaces between sentences and centered text in parts of this book. A round of professional editing would eliminate many errors in this book. However, none of these negative aspects distracted me from my reading enjoyment.
My only choice is to rate this book 4 out of 5 stars because of the lack of professional editing. There were no other flaws or reasons for me to deduct more stars.
If you enjoy reading about Native Americans, cowboys, outlaws, and life in the old West in a humorous format, this is the book I recommend you read. The characters do believe in God, and if terms like "Mother of Mercy," "Mother Mary," and "Holy Mother of God," to name a few, offend you, you may want to avoid this book. I will caution readers that this book does contain some minor borderline and non-borderline profanity that some readers may find offensive.
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Stumbling O'Buffalo was part Irish with flaming red hair and part Manso Indian. He was lazy, clumsy, and a great disappointment to his grandfather, who knew he would never be a great Indian warrior and chief. His Irish father had taught him manners and how to talk with an Irish accent. Herman Willard Muhlendork was short, had a large nose, spoke like a hillbilly, and all he ever dreamed of was catching the bad guys. Stumbling O'Buffalo and Herman were both 20 years old when they left their respective homes to find their destinies. The two young men meet and decide to be partners in hunting down outlaws to collect the reward money. They decide they need names that will make people fear them, so Herman becomes Sting, and Stumbling O'Buffalo becomes Stumble. Stumble soon learns that Sting cannot use a gun, and Sting discovers that Stumble is intelligent but lazy and cannot track or use any other warrior skills that he had expected from him. Will these two very different individuals be successful in tracking down outlaws? Can an intelligent, well-spoken Indian and an uneducated hillbilly get along? Read Stumble and Sting: An Old West Yarn by R. Benjamin Jordan to discover their fates.
I enjoyed how the author used Irish and hillbilly dialects throughout the book. Each character is fully developed with background stories on each of them. I could easily visualize the short, bumbling, uneducated hillbilly and the large, menacing, red-haired Indian. It was easy to understand why each outlaw had turned bad, and I felt empathy for each of them. This book is full of humor, not only with Sting and Stumble's names and actions but also the names of some of the other characters, like Sheriff Ralph Grunge, Whiplash Whipple, Black Barry, Dirty Dave, Hateful Hector, Big Nose Kate, and Bright Eyes Betty. I laughed through most of this book and was sorry it ended. One of the most important lessons readers can learn from this book is "it is often a person's mouth that breaks his nose."
I was disappointed with the ending because it left me wanting more, and I hope R. Benjamin Jordan will write a sequel to answer the many questions I still have. The Kindle version has some formatting issues. There are large spaces between sentences and centered text in parts of this book. A round of professional editing would eliminate many errors in this book. However, none of these negative aspects distracted me from my reading enjoyment.
My only choice is to rate this book 4 out of 5 stars because of the lack of professional editing. There were no other flaws or reasons for me to deduct more stars.
If you enjoy reading about Native Americans, cowboys, outlaws, and life in the old West in a humorous format, this is the book I recommend you read. The characters do believe in God, and if terms like "Mother of Mercy," "Mother Mary," and "Holy Mother of God," to name a few, offend you, you may want to avoid this book. I will caution readers that this book does contain some minor borderline and non-borderline profanity that some readers may find offensive.
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Bertha R. Jackson 
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Like the saying goes, opposite attracts. I will read this book so I can find out how this two individuals with different personalities work together. Great review.
