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By Book Riot · 90 posts · 1679 views
last updated Dec 31, 2020 02:39PM
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Just finished this beast. All 945 pages of it. I'm trying hard not to overstate my love for this book since I just finished it and I suppose its possible that some of the shine could rub off of this in the coming months. But for right now, Lonesome Dove is the best thing I've read all year and it might be my favorite book of all time.
Having read Last Picture Show and now this, I can say that I am totally enamored of McMurtry's style. His deepest gift seems to be empathy for the human condition, ...more
Having read Last Picture Show and now this, I can say that I am totally enamored of McMurtry's style. His deepest gift seems to be empathy for the human condition, ...more
Two former Texas Rangers, Woodrow Call and Augustus McRae, move a large herd of cattle from Texas to Montana. This is a western novel of epic proportions. I loved every minute of it...I dreamed about the characters and missed them terribly when I finished the book. Fortunately, McMurtry wrote some more about them!
One of my Dad's all-time favourites.
I'm so glad I read this epic story. At 945 pages it is long but when I got to the end it wasn't long enough - I wanted to know What Happened Next. (I read plot summaries for the rest of the series online.)
Great writing, great characters, and a great story that really stays with you. (Though quite a downer, not a lot of good stuff happens to anyone, ever!)
Looking forward to watching the mini-series. ...more
I'm so glad I read this epic story. At 945 pages it is long but when I got to the end it wasn't long enough - I wanted to know What Happened Next. (I read plot summaries for the rest of the series online.)
Great writing, great characters, and a great story that really stays with you. (Though quite a downer, not a lot of good stuff happens to anyone, ever!)
Looking forward to watching the mini-series. ...more
A story as old as time and prose as smooth as molasses. A very enjoyable read.
Jun 06, 2007
Jessica Haider
rated it
really liked it
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Apr 19, 2018
akaellen
rated it
it was amazing
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Apr 23, 2013
Chris Stanford
marked it as to-read
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Jan 12, 2014
Julianne Dunn
marked it as to-read
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Jan 25, 2016
Sarah
is currently reading it
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