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Summary: Caution: Read this review before you read the others!!!
Review: There are several reviews regarding this book that follow, which actually gives the plot away, not only for Streets of Loredo-but for Lonesome Dove as well!! REVIEWERS TAKE NOTE: IT IS INAPPROPRIATE TO DISCUSS THE KEY PLOTS IN A REVIEW! PERIOD!
As far as Streets is concerned it is a good book-although not up to the Lonesome Dove, in my opinion. McMurtry is still a great writer, and this book proves not to be an exception.
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Summary: Caution: Read this review before you read the others!!!
Review: There are several reviews regarding this book that follow, which actually gives the plot away, not only for Streets of Loredo-but for Lonesome Dove as well!! REVIEWERS TAKE NOTE: IT IS INAPPROPRIATE TO DISCUSS THE KEY PLOTS IN A REVIEW! PERIOD!
As far as Streets is concerned it is a good book-although not up to the Lonesome Dove, in my opinion. McMurtry is still a great writer, and this book proves not to be an exception.
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Summary: Ok, but after Lonesome Dove, a bit of a let down
Review: This book was ok. I enjoyed the story. It was nice to find out what happened after Lonesome Dove. But this story doesn't nearly live up to the standard set in Lonesome Dove. I think Call without Gus just doesn't work quite as well.I probably would have liked this better if I hadn't read it right after Lonesome Dove.
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Summary: Ok, but after Lonesome Dove, a bit of a let down
Review: This book was ok. I enjoyed the story. It was nice to find out what happened after Lonesome Dove. But this story doesn't nearly live up to the standard set in Lonesome Dove. I think Call without Gus just doesn't work quite as well. I probably would have liked this better if I hadn't read it right after Lonesome Dove.
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Summary: Fast Paced Western -- McMurty Scores Again
Review: This is a good western. It's late in the period -- the frontier's closed, Indian wars and giant buffalo herds almost petered out, but there's still plenty of "bad" in the West. When Joey Garza starts holding up trains along the Mexican border area, the railroad decides to stop him. Captain Call, an old Texas Ranger, is called upon to help make the Texas Panhandle safe again, as he has spent a career doing. This "Lonesome Dove" sequel works well as a stand alone. McMurty gives enough back ground to his characters and their stories that the reader will not be hampered if they did not read his great "Lonesome Dove." Those of us who found Lonesome Dove a wonderful companion, will enjoy this book also. Captain Call is older, Pea Eye much more prominent and other characters either dead or moved on -- just as in real life. This book is very much a woman's story. All of the strong characters, that is strong in mental, moral and physical manner, are women. It is not too much to say that women drive this story forward and are the most complete and interesting characters in the book. The male characters tend to be mean, scary, determined or loyal, but usually are lacking in some other important component of personality and being. Women characters played a prominent role in Lonesome Dove also, but they were also balanced by the Gus McCrea lead. Gus died at the end of Lonesome Dove, which takes the one strong male lead (who was strong in many dimensions) out of the story. McMurty does not replace him with any of his new cowboys, judges or villians who join the tale of the west in this book. It is not too much to say in this book that the men react, while the female characters think and act. This is a good yarn that moves quickly and contains enough twists to keep you reading at fifty and seventy-five page clips. I do agree with the reviewers who say this in not "Lonesome Dove," but hey, that book was a Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece. This book doesn't quite reach LD's heights and richness, but it is still one heck of a good diversion in its own right
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Summary: A Worthy Sequel to Lonesome Dove
Review: This is my second favorite of the four "Lonesome Dove" tales. I liked "Commanche Moon" almost as much, with "Dead Man's Walk" trailing the pack because it went a little too overboard with believeability. As there is a gap between "Dove" and this, there is in theory another possibility for another saga, but let's not hold our breath on that one. This one shows the last great adventure of Woodrow Call. We see how the man has aged, and how he is realizing he has aged. But there is still a lot of fire in him, and more important, a sense of duty that has been driving him all his life. Even though one can argue that he should have hung up his guns long ago, he shows the determination, as well as the ability, to focus on a task until it is completed. Even in this book, where he's often outnumbered, he plods on to get the job done. That's what heroes are made of, folks. You know there's going to be a lot of gore in a McMurtry western, and for those fans of it, you get a lot here. For there is not only one, but two different serial killers in the story, and both are as bad as bad can be. In fact, with McMurtry's propensity for characters who torture as sport, it will be hard for him to come up with one worse than Mox Mox, who burns children for fun. Be warned in advance if this is not your cup of tea. We also get to hear what happened to the survivors of "Lonesome Dove", and when "Streets of Laredo" is done, you will see what happens to the ones that survive this one. Of course I won't reveal this, but if you've gotta know this stuff, you've got to read this book.
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Summary: This novel is a powerful, character-driven work.
Review: This is the first book I've ever read by Larry McMurtry, and I was captivated. I really found myself caring a great deal what happened to the characters in this book. I was impressed by the author's ability to make a character real and extremely individual. There were no stereotypes in this book. Each person seemed so real and alive. This is what kept the pages turning for me. McMurtry is a true marvel. I have gotten so dead sick of prose-concious writers, who seem to flood the scene these days. In this work, I never felt the writer patting himself/herself on the back for some beautiful line, as I do in most modern novels. I never sensed "the writer" at all. I was just swept along by a great storyteller and a great story.
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Summary: lousy
Review: This strong and complex characther from Lonesome Dove is distorted into a shallow, confused, and broken down bum. An unimaginative twist is to be found here: Woodrow Call consents to having an appendage amputated (Unlike Gus in Lonesome Dove his vanity does not prevail) and he winds up an inept and crippled beggar who lives only for a childs attention. Please! The Lorena and Pea Eye romance is an unlikely concept that feels about as realistic as a 1950's Soap opera. the Mexican bandit and his on going hatred for his mother is a confusing theme which, rather than compelling, comes across as humorous and silly. Woodrow Call, unlike his frontier competence in Lonesome Dove, is often confused, frightened and tentative in this cartoonish scenario that we the reader find ourselves drawn into. I had trouble getting into the paper mache' characthers we meet through his travels. Woodrow and Lorena are two boring sticks in the mud being chased by a host of cartoons through a poorly painted background. This is a lousy book.
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Summary: Good, but no Lonesome Dove
Review: This was a good book but I was disappointed in the lack of enthusiasm that the characters had. Compared to Lonesome Dove, this book was even more of a downer. Lonesome Dove was sad but in good, touching ways, whereas Streets of Laredo was sad in an uncomfortable way. It made me not like Capt. Call anymore. He no longer seemed like a mystery man with his own thoughts, but became very pathetic. When I finished this book I didn't think back on it very much. It was just over.
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Summary: GREAT BOOK!!! I LOVED IT!!
Review: This was a GREAT book! Some parts of it were a little boring, but, so were some parts of Lonesome Dove, or any other great book. Some of the reviews for this book make me sick. In my opinion they liked Lonesome Dove so much, they're reluctent to admit that a book can be every bit as damn good as Lonesome Dove. Larry McMurtry creates the most vivid charactors, such as Famous Shoes, the Kickapoo Indian tracker, or Call in his old age. It didn't have a happy ending, because I doubt events in the old west ever had happy endings, or one that gave you a sense of resolvement. I've loved every single one of the Lonesome Dove saga, and every other one of Larry McMurtry's work is superb!!! I would stronly reccomend it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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