Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

72 reviews

acbooksndata's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape

caroline__kg's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault

katiebpemberton's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation

Minor: Child death, Miscarriage

unclejon75's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I knew this was a legendary book before reading it & I was fairly overwhelmed by it's heft but, I dove in headfirst & plowed through it & I wanted more when it was over. What a story! If this isn't the greatest American novel ever written, it will make do until I figure out which one is. Mcmurtry's prose is phenomenal & his cast of characters are diverse and each unique in their own way. I definitely plan on reading the rest of this series at some point. This is classic Americana & Western Adventure at it's finest!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness

cocolareading's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation

Moderate: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism

Minor: Pedophilia

doucey's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Racial slurs, Rape, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

hidden_one's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I truly took to heart, the quote about reading only one western, and how it should be Lonesome Dove. Truly a classic and a pinnacle read of character work and description. You feel yourself grow with the characters and enjoy their presence among the pages.

I look forward to following the other novels of the series and more of McMurtry's work

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping

nmoodie's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging informative sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Rape, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder

theoriginaledi's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny sad tense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Excrement, Dementia, Trafficking, Abortion, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment

barrym07's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny hopeful slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail