Jon Reading Books’s Reviews > Lonesome Dove > Status Update

OK, I'm getting into it now, stuff's coming together. The payoff's solid so far, almost done.

I'm really not into this book. Everything seems grating and bleak, like McCarthy but without gorgeous, unique prose—replaced by something far more pedestrian. I hope it all comes together for an explosive climax. It certainly seems headed in that direction.

This book is hardcore. I didn't realize I was getting into this dark a narrative. I expected somewhat more run-of-the-mill cowboys and indians.

Alright, I think I'm starting to 'get it'. I'm beginning to really enjoy spending time with these characters (particularly Augustus and Lorena) despite the fact that not much of note has happened in the story yet.

I know people love this book, but it's one of the worst, slowest starting novels I think I've ever read. Nearly 200 pages in and barely a damned thing of note has even occurred.

I get that you need to introduce characters and setting, but there's got to be a more deft way of doing so than this. Rubbish reading thus far.