I, too, remember putting The Half-Made World on a list when it first came out, buying the book itself probably over a year ago, and only now I'm just getting around to reading it. For what it's worth, I don't read a lot of steampunk or wild/weird west stuff. But this novel seems to upend, maybe even invert, a lot of the cliches and gear-obsession that seem to go along with the genre. Which maybe is why it appeals to me the way it does. Really strong, complex characters as well, and a couple good strong shakes of Lovecraft.