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Lonesome Dove

Larry McMurtry

4.58 AVERAGE

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
emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
adventurous reflective sad 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
adventurous emotional funny sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Decent book, right up until the end. A little slow and predictable at points, but a decent read. Outside of the ending (which maybe it’s because of this book being part of a series) the MAJOR issue I take with it is that the author seems eager to doll out the use of the N-Word, while simultaneously bashful using the words penis or vagina to actually describe human body parts. Gives me weird vibes.

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I'm so glad booktok resurrected this book and convinced me to read it, instant all-time favorite.
adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad fast-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 emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is the first western I’ve read, and I really enjoyed it. It was surprisingly funny and also quite reflective. I’m definitely going to check out more work by Larry McMurtry. 

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