Stranger from the Tonto

I have recently read a couple of Zane Grey's novels. I had forgotten how romantic his view of the Old West was. This novel revolves around a young man who can take care of himself. He learns from a dying friend of the plight of a young woman trapped in the Hole-In-the-Wall with the Hole-In-the-Wall Gang and he sets out to rescue her.

Meh.
While I can understand why a novel of this sort is attractive to some, to me there was really no great depth of character of either the central characters or of the physical settings. Yes, the author described the desert, the mountains, the sky and other aspects of the landscape with glowing adjectives and gee-whiz scenery, but overall I had the feeling that the overabundance of series of those adjectives detracted from the storyline.
The conflict between the protagonist and the various antagonists to which he came up against was a bit contrived.
The pacing of the time-line was also off... I found myself wondering how long it had taken from point
A to point B and then to point C.
Anyway... I have access to other of Grey's novels (all show more printed in the 1950's or early '60's?) so I will grab one or two of the others of the set. show less