1.5 stars

Gunslinger Girl is posed as a dystopian western. It's the farthest thing from that. If you are looking for a self proclaimed western that is the exact opposite, with one dimensional characters, than this book is for you.

The plot was one dimensional and a complete disaster. Our main character is supposed to be the best shot in the west and rise to fame for it. Wait, when does she shoot? I'm pretty sure not a single gun was shot in the first 100 pages if not more. All of the sudden, the story goes in a complete different direction which makes no bloody sense. There was nothing about this story that was a western other than the face that it was the "wild west" and the main character had a few guns. Look elsewhere for a good western.


Pity is stupid. There, I said it. She was irritating from page one. We hear about nothing but her mother and her background, and nothing every comes of it. Her reactions to those she is close with just pushed me over the edge. The person she should feel something over, she feels nothing, but later on she reacts to someone else quite dramatically. That's all I can say without spoiling it.


This is the first book of the year I have truly hated. I'm so glad I got this from the library, because I never want to see it again.