Reviews - Lonesome Dove | The StoryGraph

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Lonesome Dove

Larry McMurtry

4.59 AVERAGE

jakelovesbooks1000's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny reflective tense slow-paced

najeebdada's review against another edition

5.0

This is the best book ever written and if anyone has anything better i have money for you

dreamslovemagic's review against another edition

5.0

I’m so glad I picked up this book entirely by accident. I read almost exclusively fantasy genre, but had decided to try something new. I had no idea what to expect going in, but I was hooked immediately. Before I was halfway through, I knew it would be one of my favorite books. And having just finished, I realize I was correct. An absolute masterpiece. Even if you don’t like or haven’t tried westerns, give this a read.

xdariax's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

blo_om's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional slow-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

rhubarbguru's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

“I’ve never known fictional characters so intimately” said one reviewer and I can’t think of anyway else to put it. Quite simply the greatest novel I’ve ever read, and I’m not sure how to feel now that I finished it. For almost a month I’ve lived in Lonesome Dove and then on the trail with the Hat Creek Outfit, through trials and tribulations, through small victories and death. There’s something more romantic about this book that I’ve never read in anything else before, but there is also a sad and tragic nature of this book. I can’t believe that after 858 pages I wish I had another 858 to go. My tragedy is now that I’ve finished this masterpiece and can no longer read it with fresh eyes.

“Our forefathers had civilization inside themselves, the wild outside. We live in the civilization they created, but within us the wilderness still lingers. What they dreamed, we live, and what they lived, we dream.” - TK Whipple