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Mar 26, 2024dgiard rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Larry McMurtry's 1985 novel "Lonesome Dove" begins in the small Texas border town of Lonesome Dove in the 1870s, where McMurtry introduces a cast of characters, including retired Texas Rangers and best friends Woodrow Call and Augustus…
Jan 24, 2024DHorton_0 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
If there is one thing I've learned, it's don't read the introduction, prologue, editor's notes, author's notes, (each of which average ten pages long it seems), of any novel before reading it first. Then go back and read the…
Jan 15, 2024briddle rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
DO NOT READ THE PREFACE IN THIS BOOK! It gives spoilers just skip and go to 1. Can't wait to re-read this in the future, it was great! This made me laugh, cry, dream and cherish the characters in this novel. 5/5 would recommend this book…
Oct 15, 2023
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Oct 03, 2023
DO NOT READ McMurtry's preface to this book unless you want to read a spoiler. It really makes me mad that I read it and he gave something away. Other than that, this is an interesting read about characters who will stay with you long…
Aug 03, 2023JCLAliceRP rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is a character study through and through, with plot—while not nonexistent—taking a back seat to both the characters and the magnificent setting. Cattle and men meander across the United States along a south-north trajectory, starting…
Jul 06, 2023IndyPL_JaredW rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Warning! Lots of spoilers ahead! You've been warned! Last warning! Not many specifics but still, lots of just slightly vague ones. Wow, I wonder if George R.R. Martin is a fan of McMurty because maybe that's where he learned to kill…
Apr 19, 2023tinker8377 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I'm fairly certain this is the longest novel I've ever read... and it was worth it. Cowboys and adventure, love and determination, relationships of all kind. This story hit all the emotions at one point or another. It made me smile, dream,…
Mar 17, 2023JeromeFF rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A huge epic, built around a band of retired Texas Rangers who rustle cattle in Mexico and head to Montana, where they plan to set up a cattle ranch. After reading this book, I read Fools Crow by James Welch, which tells the Montana story…
Feb 27, 2023Griffeth rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Let me start by saying that my general perception of this book was way off. I was aware that there had been a TV movie or series or the like, and had somehow gotten the idea that it was of the Highway to Heaven / Little House on the…
Oct 13, 2022GPL_Ethan rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
As primarily a genre reader, I tend to avoid things described as "poignant", but within just a few pages of this book I was absolutely entranced, and within a hundred pages I knew that it was going to become an instant favorite. McMurtry's…
Sep 15, 2022
I wanted to read this. I love to hold a book and read, but I was unable to do so because the publisher chose to make a size 3 font. I will need to try again whenever I can afford an e-reader. SO disappointed.
Jul 05, 2022Kimberleygray rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Excellent book. Good writing. Be warned it is a long book - almost 850 pages. If you watched the miniseries it is very faithful to the book. The book itself is a good story and the main characters are pretty well fleshed out. Overall…
Feb 18, 2022hippywife rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This was my second read of this book, the first time being when it was initially published. I chose to read it again in order to refresh my memory so I could read the series. I worried that the enjoyment I experienced the first time would…
Mar 09, 2021jovi3jean9 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
No. 2 in my lifetime top 10. And the mini-series was superbly cast. Not to be missed.
Jan 15, 2021Inner_Typewriter rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I read Lonesome Dove the first time in 1985. I read it the second time 35 years later. The novel is truly one of the great contemporary masterpieces of the twentieth century. Highly recommended. I loved it.
Oct 19, 2020
I am sorry that so few copies are available! I am working through the recommended sequence of this 4-book series: Dead Man's Walk (477 pp) Comanche Moon (750 pp) and am anxious to get "Lonesome Dove" before proceeding to Streets…
Apr 20, 2020JCLCharlesH rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This sweeping story of a cattle drive from Texas to Montana deserves all of its praise as a must read western. The characters are fully realized and the complex web of interactions is at times joyful, and others filled with sorrow. It's…
Apr 08, 2020TSMary rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
An epic novel of the American West not to be missed. The friendship of Gus and Cal that underlies the story of an ill-fated cattle drive from Texas to Montana is unforgettable.
Jan 16, 2020CoronadoLibraryStaff rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Same guy that wrote Terms of Endearment!
Aug 02, 2019sjpl_rebekah rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This book was a slow burn for me. I didn’t love it at first, but somewhere in the middle I started to. I would caution readers, however, that this is essentially the Western equivalent of Game of Thrones. If you cannot stomach violence,…
May 26, 2019roystreet rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A delight to read; beautifully captures the time and place: ; full of action, pathos, and humor; every character is presented with interest and sympathy.
Mar 14, 2019jacosis rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Truly absorbed in the epic reading.
Mar 13, 2019feralranger rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is an epic of frontier life. It took me 100 pages to fall in love with its unforgettable characters and follow them on their journeys for 800 more pages! It is a classic in the western genre but for any reader of historical…
Dec 22, 2018
Read in private when time allows