Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove #3

Larry McMurtry

946 pages • first pub 1985 (editions) user-added

fiction classics historical literary adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
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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

4.57
based on 12,580 reviews

Moods

adventurous: 97%

emotional: 72%

sad: 55%

reflective: 45%

funny: 44%

tense: 30%

dark: 23%

inspiring: 20%

challenging: 19%

hopeful: 16%

relaxing: 6%

informative: 5%

lighthearted: 5%

mysterious: 1%

Pace

6% of readers chose fast
54% of readers chose medium
38% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

5% of readers chose Plot
48% of readers chose A mix
45% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

77% of readers chose Yes
16% of readers chose Complicated
5% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

80% of readers chose Yes
16% of readers chose Complicated
2% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

65% of readers chose Yes
13% of readers chose Complicated
19% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

77% of readers chose Yes
14% of readers chose Complicated
6% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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