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Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

89 reviews

vittogrim's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Vivi i personaggi, tanto sono scritti bene.

Il suono della loro voce cambia ogni volta che la prospettiva si sposta dall’uno all’altro.

E a volte diventa bassa e quasi inudibile per lo scrosciare della pioggia. Una delle esperienze (di lettura o di vita) più intense e coinvolgenti finora.

Vorrei non averlo ancora letto

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide, Violence

iceoak14636's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense 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: Yes

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A very good book whose beginning was a bit rough (until you got a few chapters in) and ending was a bit lacking in my opinion. It seemed a bit rushed in comparison to the rest of the book and I didn’t hugely appreciate how it ended.

Unresolved on a certain level and all coming back to Loraina with the destruction of the saloon and the barkeep who fancied himself in love with her. Poor Call must have been so fed up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

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

enardone's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging funny slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Violence, Murder

remery3's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

eleggat's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional 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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This book was not at all what I expected, and it was so much better.

I truly think this is some of the best character writing I have ever read. Every character felt so real, and I felt like I knew them to the point where I was disappointed when they made poor choices, but never surprised. So much of what happens in this book is tragic, but the characters are what kept me going. I'm taking off half a star because the Native American characters are the only ones who don't get the same in-depth treatment as the rest of the cast, with the exception of Blue Duck. It feels like too much of an omission for a book whose characters are so developed otherwise.

But this book was incredible, and I can see myself re-reading it at another point in my life when it's not spread out over four months. Warning to prospective readers, though: I was sobbing on the bus with snot running down my face at one point.

Also, shout-out to that random scene with a crazy entomologist for one page. That was delightful and I'm considering including a quote from it in future presentations I give.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual violence, Violence

thebindingstitch's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A true western masterpiece. Love, loss, friendship, and coming of age wrapped up in a grand adventure. While the pace was slow, the characters were so beautifully developed and the plot fell together so perfectly that 850 pages felt like 300.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death

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