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Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Alcohol
Graphic: Death, Rape, Violence
This book boasts multiple strengths:
1) The characters have seemingly endless layers (some more so than others), you think there's nothing new you can learn about them, then lo and behold they say or do something that makes you look at them from a whole new angle.
2) It also has a well-paced plot. There were indeed multiple "Just one more chapter" nights, but McMurtry also knew when to slow down and give us time to process the heavy moments
3) I would also be doing the book a huge disservice if I didn't mention McMurtry's prose (or is it style? English class was a long time ago). He spends a good 6 pages describing and giving the history of the "Hat Creek Cattle Company" sign and I was totally there for it. I can only think of a handful of authors who could also have pulled that off.
I've only read this book once, but I can already say with certainty that it's one of my Bookshelf Essentials.
Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Murder
Minor: Child death
Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death, Violence, Xenophobia
Moderate: Racism, Rape
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation
Minor: Child death, Miscarriage
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Violence, Murder