Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove #1

Larry McMurtry

960 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction classics historical adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

A love story, an adventure, and an epic of the frontier, Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer Prize- winning classic, Lonesome Dove, the third book in the Lonesome Dove tetralogy, is the grandest novel ever written about the last defiant wilderness of Americ...

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Community Reviews Summary of 4,053 reviews

Moods

adventurous 95%
emotional 70%
sad 51%
reflective 49%
funny 40%
tense 28%
dark 18%
challenging 15%
hopeful 14%
inspiring 14%
lighthearted 5%
relaxing 5%
informative 4%
mysterious 2%

Pace

medium 50%
slow 46%
fast 3%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 55% | Character: 36% | Plot: 8%

Strong character development?

Yes: 79% | It's complicated: 14% | No: 5%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 81% | It's complicated: 16% | No: 2%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 57% | No: 26% | It's complicated: 15% | N/A: 1%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 75% | It's complicated: 15% | No: 7%

Average rating

4.48

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