Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry - spoiler free book review

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2 жыл бұрын

My review of Lonesome Dove, the Pulitzer prize winning epic western novel by Larry McMurtry, famously filmed as a hit TV mini series.
Blurb:
It begins in the office of The Hat Creek Cattle Company of the Rio Grande.
It ends as a journey into the heart of every adventurer who ever lived . . .
From the author of The Last Picture Show and Texasville - here is Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece. A powerful, triumphant portrayal of the American West as it really was.
More than a love story, more than an adventure, Lonesome Dove is an epic: a monumental novel which embraces the spirit of the last defiant wilderness of America.
Legend and fact, heroes and outlaws, whores and ladies, Indians and settlers - Lonesome Dove is the central, enduring American experience dramatically recreated in a magnificent story of heroism and love; of honour, loyalty and betrayal.
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@MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH 2 жыл бұрын

Probably a top five of all time book for me. Great review! 🤓

@AnneEWilliamson 2 жыл бұрын

I love the idea of a book both set in a unique setting as well as feeling to be able to be set anywhere. Your review makes me want to read this even more!

@MichaelRomeoTalksBooks 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent review. Lonesome Dove is definitely epic. It swept me away into the old west and sent me on a cross country cattle drive. Interestingly when it was given to me as a Christmas gift I expected to hate it. I only stated reading it because I knew at some point the friend who gave it to me would ask if I'd read it yet. Once I started it I couldn't stop.

@patricegravino8120 Жыл бұрын

"Lonesome Dove" is high literature as much as anything by Shakespeare, Dickens, Austen, etc., that you would find on a syllabus for English lit studies, or philosophy or history. And it should be taught as such. It is a mighty novel that is so grand in its scope and ambition and readability that it truly is one of the best novels ever written--not just for Americans. It strikes so many readers so intensely because it is, simply, The Story of Life. It's the best novel I've ever read, and that's coming from a lit major.

@DDB168 2 жыл бұрын

Your review has made for a compelling must read for me. Thanks.

@n8colt 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Olly :) I haven’t read this book yet but I did find it in a charity shop last week and picked it up specifically because I saw it on your channel. Love your videos

@BookwormAdventureGirl 2 жыл бұрын

Loved hearing your thoughts, Olly. Totally agree about the characters. I think that's what I enjoyed the most. They are so well developed. I also enjoyed the humour and appreciated that the humour was written well but so were the more serious scenes. Thanks again for reading this with me.😊💙

@AJDunnReadsandWrites 2 жыл бұрын

This is officially on my future tbr list. I think I would really love this book. Interested in the other books in the trilogy.

@drnocka-rocksteady

Best book I've ever read. Every time I eat a biscuit I think about Gus

@coreyledin-bristol7068 Жыл бұрын

I do not like Westerns. Books or movies. However, LD is one of the best books I have ever read. I was completely immersed in the story

@phatmattcowboys

Lonsome Dove is my favorite single book!

@fadista7063 2 жыл бұрын

This was a very thoughtful review--thank you! As an American I should have read this--and likely will at some point. God knows I sold a ton of them in the bookstore gig of 10+ years 😁 esp when the tv miniseries came out.

@anotherbibliophilereads 2 жыл бұрын

I read it 15 years ago and remember flying through it at a fast pace. Definitely a contemporary classic. I’m not sure about the sequels. I heard mixed reports and feel they may have been written as cash cows.

@nickfoster9350

"Lonesome Dove" is one of those books that's in a class all its own. It was the first and only western I've ever read, and I've been searching for his other books. I'm particularly interested in "The Streets of Laredo."

@mindysbookjourney 2 жыл бұрын

I am looking forward to reading this for June on the Range.

@michaelk.vaughan8617 2 жыл бұрын

I honestly have no idea why I haven’t read this yet. Fantastic review.

@palebluewave 2 жыл бұрын

I picked this up from a goodwill thrift shop run today after seeing your video. I tried to tag you in the haul video I put together, but I guess my channel isn't big enough yet to tag. bummmmer! looking forward to reading it.