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Jim Rion

jdrion@bookwyrm.social

Joined 6 months ago

Translator of Japanese mystery and horror, author of Discovering Yamaguchi Sake.

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2025 Reading Goal

83% complete! Jim Rion has read 50 of 60 books.

reviewed Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian

Alex Grecian: Red Rabbit (2023, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

A dark fantasy Lonesome Dove?

While not nearly as grand in scale or deeply reflective if the human condition, there is something about this one that evokes McMurtry's view of the American Frontier. The ease and unpredictability of death. The way the enormous isolation twisted people and societies.

Of course, this one has demons, witches, and shapeshifters.

Also, can I just say, the use of places I grew up near is quite a trip. I mean, I have family living in the small town of Oswego, Kansas!