MixedThe New York Times Book ReviewWard’s book is dense with research and description. Sometimes too dense. Colorful stories — of horse thieving, dangerous wagon journeys, double-crossing and shootouts — occasionally sag under the weight of benign particulars.
Teddy Wayne
PositiveBookforumBecause David’s devolvement is subtle enough, part of the pleasure of Loner is that the reader, seeing what David can’t, is still privy to his skewed innermost thoughts as his actions and motivations get violent and criminal... [Wayne] writes with sly grace about the seemingly unsympathetic plight of being a white American man, albeit by using ironic extremes rather than domestic realism.
