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Nate
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Fuck it I’m doing it. I know the characters from the other books and the miniseries so it’s already sublime. The writing is still surprisingly brilliant. McMurtry wasn’t fucking around with this first of the quartet.
— Feb 27, 2019 12:25AM
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Nate
is on page 921 of 961
Y’all ever put off finishing a book for an embarrassingly long time because you’ve become codependent on the characters?
— Apr 24, 2019 02:53AM
Nate
is on page 789 of 961
At this point I’m just overwhelmed and carried along by the narrative, characters, and prose, as corny as it is to say. This is one of those 800+ bricks where every page is weighty and indisposable.
— Mar 15, 2019 04:56AM
Nate
is on page 611 of 961
You don’t know conflicted emotions until you’ve lived in this novel. Jake, my gods...
— Mar 09, 2019 01:08AM
Nate
is on page 477 of 961
The Gus/Lorena plot in this is just...so sublime. Fuckin’ emotions swirling about like a multicolored tornado, guys.
— Mar 07, 2019 01:11AM
Nate
is on page 425 of 961
Man, I fuckin’ HATE Blue Duck. Such a pitiless, sociopathically cunning cocksucker...
— Mar 06, 2019 11:04PM
Nate
is on page 347 of 961
The Hat Creek Outfit suffers its first losses and I’m fucked up.
— Mar 05, 2019 01:47AM
Nate
is on page 253 of 961
Sub-update: The ink in these old paperbacks smears mystifyingly easy. I put the tip of a thumbnail on a piece of font and it’s like a fuckin’ watercolor. I’m pretty sure the 80s Clavell paperbacks do this too.
— Mar 03, 2019 12:57AM
Nate
is on page 248 of 961
The sexual politics in this book are fucking raw. It’s painfully uncomfortable and alien but made real and truly lifelike by the characters and writing.
— Mar 03, 2019 12:54AM
Nate
is on page 201 of 961
Any scene involving dialogue with Augustus is immediately fucking hilarious. I can’t express how much I love this man. Grandmaster bullshitter with a true heart of gold colored with iron.
— Mar 02, 2019 02:32AM
