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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Jul 27 '06
Pros: stories and characters woven together very well; descriptive passages;
Cons: wee bit of a slow start
Summary: Recently, I finished a book and went to get the next one in my library stack when -gasp- I realized my library stack was gone. Remembering that when we moved the year before, we left almost 50 boxes of books unopened in the basement, I asked Z to go get ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 12 '03
Pros: Well-defined characters, humor
Cons: None
Summary: When does 945 pages take no time at all? When you're reading Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove. Fro ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 19 '02
Pros: excellent story, riveting, cant put it down
Cons: none
Summary: This is the most wonderful book I have ever read. I love the age of the cowboys and the cattle drives! Since I was born almost 150 years too late, if I want go there I just pick up my worn out paperback of Lonesome Dove and I'm back there. I have read ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 10 '01
Pros: Moving, realistic, honest characters draw you into the story.
Cons: It might be considered a little lengthy by light weight readers.
Summary: This is a story that draws the reader into it with imagery, and grandness of scale that is seldom written. If you don't come to emotionally invest in each character, you have no soul. Every character is real and grabs your heart and your passion. You ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 06 '01
Pros: good characters, extensive details give amazing realness to the story
Cons: long
Summary: Lonesome Dove can be real intimidating when you first pick it up to read. The paperback version logs in at 945 pages. To me, it is worth reading every single one of those pages. In our culture, both on the silver screen and small ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 21 '00
Pros: funny, exciting, engagin
Cons: not interesting to kids
Summary: Literary history may prove this to be on e of the greatest pieces of work ever produced in the English language. Larry McMurtry's novel of two "mature" Texas Rangers transcend the Western genre and enters into the realm of human interest. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 12 '00
Pros: too many to count
Cons: zip, zilch, nada
Summary: In terms of sheer entertainment value, Lonesome Dove excels. In terms of thematic expression and significance, Lonesome Dove is outstanding. In terms of character portrayal, Lonesome Dove is reigns supreme.
An acclaimed master of dialogue, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 26 '00
Pros: A great epic!
Cons: Long, over 1,000 pages
Summary: I don't usually like westerns, and I have no idea what possessed me to buy a copy of "Lonesome Dove" at the bookstore one day. I think that I had been having a bad week, and I wanted a long book to sort of lose myself in for awhile. At 1,000+ ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 04 '00
Pros: Everything. Gun fights, Heroes
Cons: None
Summary: This is the most incredible book I have read in a long long time. Larry McMurtry captures the essence of the old west in this gripping novel. Once I picked it up I could not put it down, the images of early Texas, and the life of the late 1800's were ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 14 '99
Pros: Very easy to visualize places and events
Cons: Sometimes to descriptive
Summary: Intriguing story. Even when McMurtry got a little wordy in his descriptions of places and events it was hard to put this book down. The mixture of characters and the ability to blend in real life sorrow and humor allowed me to feel a part of the story. ... read more
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Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
Dec 13 '99
Pros: ENGROSSING, PLEASURABLE AND GET-LOST-IN-THE PAST!
Cons: IT HAS AN ENDING.
Summary: One of my best-loved novels, from page one to finish I was transported to the past, involved in the story, developed love-hate relationships with the characters, and totally engrossed in the book, I could not put it down until finished. The series on TV ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 04 '99
Pros: Character driven novel that has it all....drama...humor...suspense...and intrigue. What a book!
Cons: The characters become like family...and its tough when it ends....you want it to go on and on
Summary: Lonesome Dove....hmmmm...you've heard about it, huh? A mini-series several years ago starring Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall. But for many viewers, they never had the distinct PLEASURE of reading the novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry. ... read more
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Jan 24 '07
Pros: Deets, story, awesome factor.
Cons: Who goes to Montana?
Summary: No character ever played by Clint Eastwood, John Wayne, or even my idol Chuck Norris could even come close to being as awesome as Gus McRae,or Deets, or even some of the other fine characters in this epic. Larry McMurtry didn't waste a page of this
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Nov 28 '03
Pros: The characters, the story line, the dialogue, the setting.
Cons: NOTHING
Summary: Larry McMurtry is a genius. Lonesome Dove is a genuine classic. All of the characters, Gus,Woodrow, Lorena, Deets, Blue Duck were incredibly unforgettable. All four of his Lonesome Dove novels were excellent. Nobody writes western novels like he does,
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