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kimmyp 's review for:
Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry
I’m a bit conflicted. I thought it was slow to start and I know it is set in a certain time, but not sure how I feel certain groups of people were represented, mainly Indians. Women and black men were not treated well, but that would be true to the time. And actually some of the smartest, most resourceful and kind characters were women - Clara and Lorena, and a black man - Deets. As the story went on, and you got the perspectives of so many characters, it really built a world that expanded beyond the stereotypes of all these people. They became more than what you expect. But a lot of the characters were also deeply flawed and didn’t really get redemption at the end either. It was very interesting and I came to care for a lot of the characters and worry about what was going to come next. I think that is a mark of a successful story. I will say the ending was pretty anticlimactic and I’m not sure what the author intended the takeaway to be to end the story like he did.