I think Red Country has the best high level story of the standalones, and it resolves some of my issues with his character work. An actual female character whose purpose does not seem to be entirely defined by a male character! Though character work is better across the board, with a character from the original trilogy feeling more nuanced in this story. The problem is that the book does feel a bit inconsequential, and the page by page execution isn't as engaging, leading my interest to waver throughout. I think part of that is due to me not being a huge fan of Westerns, and this does seem to be playing with that style.