r/LonesomeDove
Not a single character found satisfaction at the end.
It’s bad enough that people kept dying, nobody was safe in that book. Then at the end I found that nobody was happy, nobody seemed to get what they wanted. Not a single happy ending to latch onto. I love it all the same, the historical representation of what it was to be out in the wild and how horses function was just breathtaking. Now all of a sudden I want to drive a bunch of cattle up to Wisconsin and maybe into Canada 🤣.
u/AdditionalStar2504 — 19 hours ago
▲ 72 r/LonesomeDove
Just finished, how the hell am I supposed to read another book after that???
Greatest book I’ve ever read, I don’t think anything can top it. Need something to come down off of that high 😂
u/Creative-Lake7801 — 20 hours ago
▲ 209 r/LonesomeDove
$2.00 thrift find
Currently on a road trip, taking highway 101 from Washington State all the way through Oregon. Been looking for another copy of the book, to give to my brother. Haven’t had any luck with finding the book, but I did find this DVD for $2.00. Kinda hoping the Airbnb has a dvd player so I can give it a watch. I only recently read LD for the first time, just finished Dead Man’s Walk, and am about 100 or so pages in to Comanche Moon. Figured I’d read LD again, after, and then finish the series.
I’m kinda sad. I feel like I read them all too fast! I finished both LD and DMW in less than a week. I guess I can take comfort in the fact that I can reread LD whenever I want too. One thing I especially like about Lonesome Dove is I can just open it up to a chapter, any chapter, really, and read and be satisfied.
Anyways, looking forward to watching this for the first time!
u/Old-Scratch666 — 3 days ago
▲ 16 r/LonesomeDove
Preface spoiler??
In the copy I bought, the preface gives away the tragedy of Newt's death and his relationship to Call. Does this not ruin things for me? I'm a little upset that this would be given away before I even started the first chapter.
u/Old-Contribution1730 — 4 days ago
▲ 9 r/LonesomeDove
What's going on with Wanz's name?
I just finished the Lee Horsely audiobook (which is a masterpiece, by the way, that man should have won an award), and I notice that whenever Wanz is on-page, they've dubbed the name "Xavier" over it. But when he's mentioned later in passing (i.e. Lorie thinking about him while on the journey), it's "Javier," no dub. Like they forgot those instances.
What's going on there? Why change the name from Javier to Xavier, and go to all the trouble dubbing over?
u/Personal-Amoeba — 4 days ago
▲ 40 r/LonesomeDove
My mom and I fan casted a lonesome dove remake
Give me your thoughts. Would need the biggest budget in movie history to pay all these people.
u/garner-14 — 5 days ago
▲ 43 r/LonesomeDove
Just finished!
Spoilers*
I live in rural Oklahoma(close to the red river) and have been up and down from San Antonio, through raton pass, Denver and up to Montany, and being able to get a feel of where the outfit was at was so exciting!
I took this book a few chapters at a time during Part I. I felt that it dragged for a bit. I almost stopped reading it due to how slow it felt. Once I got closer to Part II, I really could not put this book down.
I vaguely remember watching the mini series with my grandpa as a child so I knew that Gus would pass, but that didn’t soften the emotional blow I felt when it did. Even Deets death had me feeling quite sad.
Another thing I really enjoyed was how Larry wrote the women. I didn’t enjoy Elmira’s chapters as much as I enjoyed Clara, Lorena, and even Janey. I have not experienced women being this well written by men before. These women were strong and witty, even when bad things happened.
Overall, I loved this book and will love it for the rest of my life. I will be moving on to the next book!
u/BlooGloop — 6 days ago