A review by abbyprinceatwood
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

5.0

This novel is so perfectly written. Not a word out of place or a character unexplored. Even Captain McCall, so terse in his words and cruel in his refusal to accept Newt, conducts some of the kindest and most endearing actions at the end of the novel. When Call says goodbye to Newt and the Hat Creek boys, riding the Hell Bitch over to Newt before unsaddling her and giving her to Newt - it was as though he chose to ride the Hell Bitch that one final time. And how choked he was and puzzled by his inability to tell Newt he was his son: “... Call found he couldn’t speak at all. It was as if his whole life was suddenly lodged in his throat ...”

This entire journey of the Hat Creek Outfit was such an adventure. Such a love story and coming of age tale. So funny at times and so darn heartbreaking.