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Summary: Another masterpiece
Review: A handsome tale brimming with unforgetable characters who are funny, unique and most importantly believable. Can easily stand alone from Lonesome Dove. Looking forward to reading the two other accompanying pieces to this wonderful frontier tale.
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Summary: Ties all the Books Together- Want Miniseries!
Review: A very good book. The fact that it brings the gap between Lonsome Dove and Dead Mans Walk together is excellent! I always wanted to know the particulars about their adventures before Lonsome Dove, and about Pea Eye, Jake Spoon, And Joushua Deets. I sure hope they decide to make a miniseries out of this book because not to would be a mistake.
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Summary: A Novel Dissapointment
Review: LM made a mistake when he wrote Lonesome Dove first,that was a first-class can't put down read.I then found Streets Of Laredo and Dead Man Walking entertaining, but started finding the loose application of history disheartening.Once again, history is a bit distorted in Moon, just a minor example being that this novel must be set somewhere between 1855-1860, yet he keeps refering to Winchester and other repeating rifles, which are still somewhere in the future, after the Civil War which has not happened yet. This may seem like nit picking, but as a fan of the historical novel, I like my fictitional characters to interact with history, not change it, and if one was to make a time line with all four of these novels, I'm quite sure there would be some glaring gaps. I'm sure LM is great at sitting down and telling a story, but I believe that Lonesome Dove just got too big for him, this is a good read, not a great read, which makes it a dissapointment.
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Summary: This book filled in the personal blanks. Addictive.
Review: I could not wait to find this book. There were so many questions about their personal lives. Not their careers. I wanted to know about the women they loved and the broken heart Call created by his own doings. I wanted more of Gus's wit and his wonderful yet simple 'life is short, eat dessert first' look at life. Call believed he didn't have time for 'dessert'. They are the epitome of trust, loyalty, strength and weakness. The lessons you should learn in these books are ageless but somewhat forgotten in our world today. I will forever love these two devoted friends. I always wanted them to live happily ever after and find the peace that so eluded them. Gus's laughter and Call's hardness is a perfect balance. Thank you, Mr. McMurtry.
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Summary: I could not put it down , but still looking for the ending ?
Review: I thought the book had good writing a wealth of good characters,,When I was finished I was depressed, I Like to read a book that makes me smile at the end. This story was just ,sad ,sad, sad!! By the way was my book missing a chapter ,it ended with them in the desert ???
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Summary: I couldn't put it down
Review: An excellent book. If you're a Lonesome Dove fan, you have to read this book. This gives excellent insight on the earlier years before and leading up to the move to Lonesome Dove for some of the most memorable characters ever. A must read.
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Summary: Enlightening
Review: As a huge fan of "Lonesome Dove" and "Streets of Laredo" I was really pleased to stumble across this prequel that is every bit as epic as "Lonesome Dove." McMurty has such an unbelievable grasp on wild 1800's Texas and the West, and I also appreciate his fair treatment of Native American characters as he portrays good and bad people of all distinctions. I REALLY like the way he writes women, too, Maggie especially. The light this one sheds on the characters of the Rangers, especially Woodrow, is just a pure enhancement of an already amazing saga.
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Summary: The end of a fantastic saga
Review: Arguably the second best of the Lonesome Dove books. As a stand-alone novel, it pales next to Lonesome Dove, but for us fans, it is a wonderful trip into the past, learning about the events and people that made Call and Gus into the characters we know from Lonesome Dove. I cried at the end, not because the book touched me, but because I never get to read another Lonesome Dove book.If the Lonesome Dove books are the only Larry McMurty that you have ever read, try "Texasville" or "Some Can Whistle" McMurtry is unequalled when it comes to creating incredibly eccentric and entertaining characters that are still completely believable.
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Summary: Definitely not McMurty's best...
Review: If you have not read any of the four-novel "Lonesome Dove" series, please do not start with "Commanche Moon." Do yourself a favor and read "Lonesome Dove" first. It is the best of the series by far, and one of the most entertaining novels I have ever read. Even people who do not usually read westerns will thoroughly enjoy "Lonesome Dove." In "Commanche Moon," however, Mr. McMurtry seems to lose focus. It is a collection of storylines which seem to go nowhere. I finished the book feeling as if the storylines had been left incomplete; as if the author had given up in the middle of writing the novel. However, even at his most mediocre, Larry McMurtry is still one of the best authors of our time.
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Summary: another truly engrossing "call and gus" yarn
Review: Thank you, Mr.McMurtry, for another fantastic installment to the Lonesome Dove series...I sure hope another is already in the works (one to fill in between Commanche Moon and Lonesome Dove? I'd be one of the very first to buy it...) Now, "hooray!" for all of the wonderful reviews here that I agree with. To the rest of you "nay-sayers" I say "Cmon, people...get real...loosen those ties that must be choking you and relax those sphincter muscles! Good grief, man! Commanche Moon is GREAT FICTION! A great, can't put it down, don't want to ever get to the last page, just don't want it to end story, with great characters, dialogue and events...all the stuff we L.D fans can't get enough of and come back for with tongues wagging. Sure there's some brutal torture and very bad treatment and disregard to women and children, but bad stuff like that did happen and don't kid yourselves, still does happen today in parts of the world. To all you "researchers" and "typo" complainers: Lighten up! It's a FICTIONAL STORY and a fantastic one, to boot! Give us some more, Larry!
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