Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

6 reviews

erynlasbelin's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcohol, Blood, Colonisation, Alcoholism, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Pregnancy, Mental illness, Death of parent, Stalking, Slavery, Infidelity, Ableism, Body shaming, Xenophobia, War, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, and Abandonment

dina9195's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Animal death, Murder, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Violence

elizathering's review

adventurous emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I would say if you’re looking for a love story this isn’t it. It’s more of a tragic one sided love for all the pairings. Lots of adventures if that’s what you’re looking for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, Murder, Torture, Violence, Racism, and Gun violence

Moderate: Cursing

beachbookbabe's review

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content and Cursing

deadeye's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, War, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Violence, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, and Torture

Moderate: Pedophilia, Abortion, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

caitlin_bookchats's review

adventurous challenging reflective sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

I don't really know how I feel about this yet. Sorry!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Rape, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Medical content, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Cannibalism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, and Slavery

8 or more characters die in the course of the book, there is occasional use of the n-word to describe black cowboys, there is a lot of talk about fear of specific tribes and American Indians generally, references to the Texas Rangers "civilizing" Texas by chasing all the tribes out, and one particularly brutal outlaw is an American Indian. Two of the four female characters have a background as or spend some time during the book as prostitutes and this is discussed fairly frankly but without flowery language or heavy detail.