THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS (Stephen Graham Jones) - April 26/21

 Wow, what a frustrating book. I had originally started this and stopped it after a few chapters because Jones' style is so obnoxious, and it turns out I should've stuck with my decision to abandon it. There are some good stretches here, especially the fate of the first guy and the two women he accidentally kills, but Jones' wordy prose results in long stretches that are pretty much meaningless. (This is particularly true of the interminable and anticlimactic finale few chapters.) ** out of ****

THE SWITCH (Elmore Leonard) - April 15/21

 I picked this because I assumed it would be a short, breezy read but not so much. It's entertaining enough in spots, but the narrative is so sluggish and devoid of twists that long stretches are kind of dull. The characters are relatively interesting, at least, and I liked the ending. **1/2 out of ****