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4.58 AVERAGE
4.58 AVERAGE
I can definitely see why it’s so highly regarded. It’s full of vividly drawn characters, evocative places, and haunting moments. Much more contemplative and melancholy than I expected going in, frequently dwelling on mistakes, regrets, and luck. It also does a great job avoiding predictability and eschewing tidy resolutions, effectively making it feel like a bit of real life rather than something plotted out for dramatic effect.
I was struck repeatedly by the narrative style being unusually omniscient, often jumping in and out of the heads of several different characters in the same scene in a way that seems unusual these days. Don’t know how I feel about this style – it sometimes jarred me out of reading, but also certainly contributed to how well I felt I knew the characters.
All told, a very good start to my reading for the year.
I was struck repeatedly by the narrative style being unusually omniscient, often jumping in and out of the heads of several different characters in the same scene in a way that seems unusual these days. Don’t know how I feel about this style – it sometimes jarred me out of reading, but also certainly contributed to how well I felt I knew the characters.
All told, a very good start to my reading for the year.
adventurous
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
adventurous
emotional
funny
sad
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Lonesome Dove – The kind of book that’s daunting to start due to the size and then when you get to the end you feel your heartbreak because it’s over. Impossible to finish without at least your thought vernacular adjusting to now include reckon, d’ern, and cowboy. And for being a Yankee this is quite the feat. I feel in love with characters and hated others, laughed and cried, friendships, and enemies, unrequited loves, cowboys, Indians and a few whores (seriously would like a count of how many times this word was used in this book). However, as when I started I remain even more firmly grounded in the fact I would not have made a good pioneer woman. Great read, would be a rare one for me that I’d read again down the road! Popsugar Book List 2017: A book over 800 pages (even though this book technically straddled 2016 and 2017, I’m counting it because I don’t pick up books this size too often!)
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
inspiring
medium-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
adventurous
emotional
reflective
sad
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
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
man this book was so hyped up for me that i don't think it ever stood a chance of living up to those expectations, but i still enjoyed it for what it is. i finally began to appreciate it when i recognized that this was an epic (as in the genre) that just happens to be a genre novel too. it does feel like a weird pulitzer choice especially given how much it leans into the regressive parts of westerns but the more pulitzers i read the more i think it's just a strange award lol. anyways, glad i read it but am glad to be done and move on to a more manageable book
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
slow-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