4.41k reviews for:

Lone Women

Victor LaValle

3.84 AVERAGE

ratkorga's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

readingmyreality's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark

annamoss's review against another edition

5.0

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This is not the type of book I am normally drawn to - a little too unrealistic/magical. Initially it felt too melodramatic - but I settled in and loved it. Author’s afterward worth reading as well.

cristalclearshershelves's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

hpettit's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

pihpihciw's review against another edition

2.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

augoost's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Good read! A bit slow at times, but really gives you an engaging look into women homesteading in the middle of nowhere in Montana in the early 1900s. The horror wasn't super horror-y, but the book was more focused on the experiences of the characters/community anyways (the creepy freak stuff was just kind of in the background?). Then ending felt a bit rushed/thrown together but still satisfying!

emarieh's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Victor LaValle is one of my new favorite authors! 

maiakobabe's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

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In the opening scene, Adelaide Henry is spreading gasoline through the rooms of her childhood home in a farming valley in California in 1915, and over the bodies of her murdered parents. She leaves California with a rucksack and a steamer trunk, bound for Montana, where a woman alone can claim a plot of land. If she lives on it for at least three years and establishes a farm, she'll become the owner of the parcel. But can she really survive the harsh coming winter, the white supremacy of the nearby town, and the deadly family curse she's carrying? I really enjoyed the audiobook of this novel, but found myself pondering whether or not I felt like it fit into the horror genre, which is the primary genre tag on goodreads. Can a horror book have a happy ending? Is it horror is I don't feel like the narrative voice is trying to horrify me, rather show how marginalized woman can survive, even against extreme odds, by banding together? If I was shelving it I'd more likely to put this in historical fiction. 

cassgfisher's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-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: Yes