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mickb's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
woody1881's review
4.0
This book tells the story of the expansion west. I liked it. Not as much as Lonesome Dove, or Monte Walsh, but then, those were stories of cowboys. This is a story of mountain men. It is well written, and worth the time.
greybeard49's review
5.0
Read this in two days. Paints a wonderful picture of life in the American West pre development. Dialogue and description of landscape are both so strong. They place you there. Covers the outlook and lifestyle of the ‘mountain men’ and also gives real insight into the mind of the Indian tribes.
Look forward to reading others in the series.
Look forward to reading others in the series.
soft_rains's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
jossywang's review
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
jasmineperks's review
2nd attempt. I believe I will need to take this book in small chunks.
adogg13's review
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Alcoholism, Murder, and Gore
The dichotomy between the imagery of the pristine western U.S. and the brutal nature of the humans that inhabit it and settled it is truly amazing.tarmstrong112's review against another edition
1.0
Time has passed this novel by. Not good at all. And the language would be considered racist by the standards of 1947. Maybe people talked like this in the 1830s, but the slurs and stereotypes were so common in this book it made it awkward at times.
blevins's review
4.0
I've owned a copy of Guthrie's THE BIG SKY for at least a decade and finally made it to it and now I'm kicking myself it took me so long. I will be reading more of Guthrie's "Big Sky" series in 2013 and 2014. I'm not waiting another decade to read one. Written in the late 1940s, this western still holds up quite nicely as it tells the story of a seventeen year old who takes off west in the 1840s and finds adventure, peril, romance and all the other mythical gifts that the west offered in the 19th century. THE BIG SKY is actually one of the best westerns I've ever read, that's how much I enjoyed this one.