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Summary: Pure embarrasment from beginning to end.
Review: Sin Killer by Larry McMurtry is not only the worst McMurtry book I have read, it is the worst book I have read Period!!!! Totally reprehensible characters doing unspeakable things. What a total waste of time. Lonesome Dove was and is one of my favorite books. It is sad to realize how low McMurtry has fallen.
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Summary: A wild comedic ride up the Missouri River in 1832
Review: Larry McMurtry is one of the best known western writers today. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his "Lonesome Dove" trilogy and is also known for "Terms of Endearment" and "The Last Picture Show". Now, he's taken on a big task - a four-novel series he calls "The Berrybender Narratives". This book, "Sin Killer" is Book 1 and was just published in May of 2002.A mere 300 pages long, it's a wild comedic ride with the Berrybender family in 1832. They've come over from England and are on a boat making its way up the Missouri River. There's Lord Berrybender, his wife, his mistress, six of his 14 legitimate children, servants, guides, tutors, artists and a couple of Indian chiefs traveling home after being feted in Washington. The family is rich and spoiled and totally clueless. They meet a variety of tragedies but the writer presents it all as a farce, and I couldn't help laughing out loud at times. Central to the plot is the oldest daughter, Tasmin. She falls in love with an American God-fearing frontiersman named Jim Snow, nicknamed "Sin Killer" by the Indians. Their romance is hilarious as are the other events in the book, as the many characters meet with accidents, violent death and love affairs. Several of the women are held captive by the Indians, some of the men are caught in a snowstorm while out shooting buffalo, and the wild and wooly frontier itself plays a role in the story. There are lots and lots of characters who romp across the pages, each with a distinctive personality, profession and passion. I loved them all. This is a fun book, not to be taken seriously. It's just pure entertainment all the way and the action never stops. I loved it. And, since all the threads of the complex plot were certainly not tied together on the last page, I am eagerly awaiting Book 2. I sure hope it's released soon because I can't wait to continue this very enjoyable saga. Recommended.
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Summary: Not the Usual McMurtry caliber
Review: After reading this novel, I had to ask myself "why was this ever even published?" I've enjoyed McMurtry novels immensely over the years and was horribly disappointed in this piece of rubbish. The characters are simply bizarre and as a whole evoke no emotional response from the reader. The plot is childishly simple and, although at times humorous through folly, not specifically engaging. Barely 300 pages (and that's with careful formatting), it's obvious "Sin Killer" was churned out to simply make a deadline and is not a true effort from a highly talented writer. There are many much better Larry McMurty novels. Forget this one and go try something else.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: Fast paced, wildly funny tale with outstanding character development and visual imagery. McMurtry has outdone himself with this novel.
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Summary: Book Gone Bad
Review: The book Sin Killer is not a very good. The book is pretty much pointless. In Sin Killer it did not give very much information and it was not clear. It talked about where they were going but the author jumped around on many subjects. The author would be talking about one thing then all of the sudden he would be talking about else. I would reccommend this book to people that are older mature and can read very well. I think this book was more written for adults than young adults. This book was mainly about a girl who moved to America. When they got there they bought a steamboat and started to travel the rivers of the west. It talks about what goes on the in the wild west and the adventures they have. This bookis best suited for adults.
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Summary: intriging book
Review: I wasn't sure about this book when I started it and thought I'd see it through a couple chapters. Well, I was hooked by about Chapter three. Many who have written reviews are right, it isn't a whole lot like "Lonesome Dove", but a new type of book by McMurtry. The only books of his I've read are the Lonesome Dove series and of course loved all of them. I'm also anxiously awaiting the next in the series of the Berrybender family. If a movie was made, casting would be fun!
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Summary: An enjoyable read!!!
Review: After reading many of the reviews for this book, I felt compelled to weigh in my opinion. First of all, everyone seems to be chasing a high they got from "Lonesome Dove". While it is one of my personal favorites, it does not serve as a benchmark for everything to follow--both a unrealistic and unfair standard.
That being said, I found "Sin Killer" quite enjoyable. It was funny and entertaining, and was an easy, leisurely, yet quick read. I think that identifying the book as a sort of black comedy is key to enjoying it. I am eagerly awaiting the next book.
If anything can be learned by the two extremes of reviews this book has garnered thus far, it is that you should not judge a book by its cover OR its inside flap. Just trust the author and read the book!
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Summary: Fehhhhh... Gross family with Gross ways...You've been warned
Review: This is my first McMurtry novel. I have never read "Lonesome Dove" and all I can say, is why would anyone write about such a bombastic abusive, and disturbing family as the Berrybenders? ...About the only interesting part for me was the "Buffalo Man" storyline... Other than that, I was sadly disappointed by tale. The Berrybender's were a vastly unappealing bunch.
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Summary: Very Disappointed reader
Review: Awful..Just simply awful. I forced myself to read about 140 pages and finally gave up..Not once did I even crack a smile at what I suppose was meant to be funny. I gave up and so should McMurtry.
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Summary: Sin Killer
Review: This was a total waste of time. There was nothing of redeeming value in this book. No real history, no moral lesson, simply a story of selfish riches and "fornication". Not worth you time nor money
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