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Lone Women

Victor LaValle

3.84 AVERAGE

anikav's review against another edition

4.75

Really enjoyed this story about a group of lone women in Montana, homesteading.

justinevandale's review against another edition

3.5

dark medium-paced

3.5 Stars
Lone Women was the April book for my virtual bookclub with the theme western. And of the westerns I have read I have normally enjoyed them so I was pretty excited for this one. And I did love it up until it fell apart for me haha. I enjoyed Adelaide and her story and the mystery surrounding the trunk. I 100% thought we were going in a different direction and I honestly would have preferred that. I didn’t get too much horror out of it, killing to survive isn’t really horror to me it survival. I liked the linemen aspect and how they came together. I really appreciated the sapphic romance (it was one of my favourite parts to be honest). Where it lost me was the magical realism part, I just cannot get with it especially if it isn’t really sold as that and then it happens, I feel like it makes something happen to the story and it always falls short after that. I was missing more of how it happened and came about and I want more of Elizabeth’s side of the story. I think it was a mixed basket for this read with the rest of the club too some loved it and some DNF’d it.
I think I’d probably still recommend it to certain readers.

firelightdisco's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

judahrice's review against another edition

2.0

I was so into this book for the first ~100 pages and then it totally lost all its momentum. So disappointing. I tried so hard to like this book.

rshattuck55's review against another edition

4.0

I really enjoyed the genuinely creepy and unexpectedly heartwarming story of Adelaide Henry. The pacing felt a little strange, with too much plot shoved into the last 100 pages or so but that shouldn't stop you from reading Lone Women.