Read if you: Want a rollicking, inventive, and shocking Western with a Chinese-American main character.

I'm not much for westerns, so take my review as you will! However--this sounded intriguing. There is some violence--it's a Western!--but it's not overly graphic.

The racism faced by Ming is both outward and subtle, from actual slurs to people refusing to call him by his real name.

I can see the ending being quite divisive and determining the reader's ultimate opinion of the book. It's quite tragic--this does not end happily.

Tom Lin is definitely an author to watch!

Many thanks to Little, Brown and Company and NetGalley for a digital review copy in exchange for an honest review.