“Dogs lay panting on the ground, no doubt wondering how the fuck any human being could live a non-suicidal existence in such an awful, depressing place.” I think my son downloaded this book into my Kindle account when he was a teenager. Hence, it was one of the older books in my library that was begging to be read. It’s definitely not my typical choice of book, but it was the perfect time for a comical read. Set in the Wild West in some dried up town in Arizona, this is a comedic story about Albert the sheep farmer’s mixed up love life and, of course, run in with the local villain. The character development was surprisingly good…even though I haven’t seen the movie, I could still see them in my head. (Personally, I think I cast Albert MUCH better…from virtual cover to cover, Seth ROGEN brought him to life and he was a hoot.) Even though the humor was a bit corny and mildly raunchy, it didn’t go too overboard and actually worked 95% of the time. Part of the schtick was the characters observing all that was going on around them from a more current perspective. Again, it worked. There wasn’t enough depth to get more than three stars outta me…I’d give it three-and-a-half if they would let me. It was a fun, quick ride.
