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Lonesome Dove

Larry McMurtry

4.58 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective sad 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

If Cormac McCarthy had humor, more words, punctuation, and slightly less graphic depictions of violence and sex. 

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

It really is as good as says. I’m a Disciple of Dove today and forever more!!!
adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Sad cowboys make bad decisions. 
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced
adventurous hopeful relaxing sad 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
adventurous slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

"It's funny, leaving a place, ain't it?" he said. "You never do know when you'll get back."

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wow wow wow wow. i am completely in awe of this book. this is an understatement.

first off, i don’t really read western type of books. i mostly stick to classics, literary fiction, short stories, YA (every once in a while), etc. the only “western” author i read was cormac mccarthy. i LOVED “no country for old men” and “the road” (to be honest , those are the only books i read from mccarthy lol). and i also tend to read shorter books because of my attention span

This one is gonna sit with me for a long time
adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective slow-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