A whale of a ride with a not so great ending

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	• Dead Man's Walk : A Novel Larry McMurtry Simon & Schuster, 2000 - 464 pages average customer review:based on 81 reviews view larger image
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This is my first McMurtry, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. After readding the slight disappointments of the other reviewers though, I'm eager to begin Dove...

A whale of a ride with a not so great ending

Having read the first two books in the Lonesome Dove series (both of which come chronologically after this one), I knew the main characters would survive. This is, however, no more of a hindrance to enjoying this book than it is in any saturday serial movie. The joy is in seeing how the author can get the heroes out of the mess they're in. For the vast majority of the novel, McMurtry delivers saturday afternoon thrills, while still showing just how these young characters evolve into the ones we're all familiar with from Lonesome Dove. Unfortunately, after the Mexican prison scene, the novel comes to a precipitous and ludicruous ending. It is as if McMurty simply got tired or bored with the project and decided just to end the book the fastest way he could Not even a yarn should be tied up this quickly.

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Interesting Prequel

For me, Lonesome Dove is not my favorite of McMurtry's work. It is an excellent book, and I would rate it 5 stars, but I've always enjoyed The Last Picture Show series the most. That being said, Dead Man's Walk is an enjoyable read. It's not Lonesome Dove, but then, who would want to read the exact same story? For me, I like the variety. This story introduces us to some great characters. Gus and Call are fun, as always. People who wanted the story to be another Lonesome Dove -- for the author to be true to the characters -- another Lonesome Dove is not what has been written. They are young men in this story, and it give us an inkling of what helped shape them into the characters we read about later. I would recommend this book to anyone, especially fans of the Lonesome Dove series. It's definitely worth the money...

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Walking with Gus and Woodrow

This book strikes me as closer in tone to Lonesome Dove than McMurtrey's earlier sequel, Streets of Laredo. There is alot of violence and gore, but alot of humor too. We see Call and McCrae meet and join the Rangers together and follow their first, hapless adventures through Southern Texas and Mexico.

It is nice to see Gus McCrae alive again after Woodrow Call had to ride alone through Streets of Laredo. Of course, this book is not nearly the work of Art that Lonesome Dove was, but if you are following the series, you wont want to miss this installment.

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