Writing style
Descriptive · Direct · Spare
Apple BooksShane
Western
- Print length
- 135 pagesHoughton Mifflin, 2001
Description
In Wyoming Territory in 1889, eleven-year-old Bob Starrett watches a stranger named Shane ride into his family’s homestead. Shane says little about his past and carries no visible gun, yet his controlled manner suggests a capacity for violence. Joe Starrett gives him work, and the hired hand slowly earns a place in the household. Beyond the farm, wealthy cattleman Luke Fletcher is trying to drive small homesteaders from land he wants to control, escalating from threats to deadly force when they refuse to sell. As Shane joins their resistance, Bob’s admiration confronts the cost of the skills his hero possesses. This Western examines courage, loyalty, and the uneasy place of violence in building a settled community.
Reading profile
About this profile
Collected’s assessment, not reader ratings. Complexity runs from 1 (least demanding) to 5 (most demanding).
- Writing
- How much attention the sentences and language require.
- Ideas
- How much interpretation or abstract reasoning the book asks of you.
- Structure
- How much you need to keep track of speakers, timelines and connections.
- Background knowledge
- Prior knowledge needed to follow the book, beyond what it explains.
- Emotional intensity
- Emotional pressure, from gentle (1) to intense (5). Separate from difficulty.
Pace
Variable
Tone
Atmospheric · Earnest · Melancholic · Tense
Structure
Linear
Focus
Character · Plot · Relationships
Emotional intensity
4 / 5
Reading complexity
1–5 · higher means more demanding- Writing
- 2 / 5
- Ideas
- 3 / 5
- Structure
- 2 / 5
- Background knowledge
- 1 / 5
Themes
Book details
For the print edition listed above.
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780395941164
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