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4.59 AVERAGE
4.59 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
sad
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
"Lorena decided Gus was the craziest man she had ever known. He didn’t look crazy, but his notions were wild."
OMG, what am I going to say? Best book I've read in a long while... what a saga! I cried so many times, burst out laughing, couldn't stop reading and then in the last 5 pages didn't want to finish.
The Hat Creek crew is hard to leave behind. McMurtry is a genius with a pen - the writing is evocative, entrancing...
He writes in a plainspoken yet lyrical style, weaving authentic dialogue with a wry sense of humor that cuts through the dust and silence of the American West. His landscapes are never mere backdrops but living forces that shape his characters, who stumble through love, friendship, aging, and loss with a mixture of grit and tenderness.
Though his stories sprawl across epic distances, McMurtry’s attention always settles on the intimate, on the small exchanges that reveal longing, loneliness, or quiet courage. His prose resists sentimentality while still carrying deep compassion, giving his novels a tone that is at once unsparing, elegiac, and profoundly human.
I'm deeply deeply touched by all I read and learned with this book.
OMG, what am I going to say? Best book I've read in a long while... what a saga! I cried so many times, burst out laughing, couldn't stop reading and then in the last 5 pages didn't want to finish.
The Hat Creek crew is hard to leave behind. McMurtry is a genius with a pen - the writing is evocative, entrancing...
He writes in a plainspoken yet lyrical style, weaving authentic dialogue with a wry sense of humor that cuts through the dust and silence of the American West. His landscapes are never mere backdrops but living forces that shape his characters, who stumble through love, friendship, aging, and loss with a mixture of grit and tenderness.
Though his stories sprawl across epic distances, McMurtry’s attention always settles on the intimate, on the small exchanges that reveal longing, loneliness, or quiet courage. His prose resists sentimentality while still carrying deep compassion, giving his novels a tone that is at once unsparing, elegiac, and profoundly human.
I'm deeply deeply touched by all I read and learned with this book.
Epic novel. slow burn at first but didn’t want it to end ultimately
Amazing characters, absolute journey of a plot, slightly too long and ending was a bit anticlimactic
slow-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
sad
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
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-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