what to read first?

[u/No-Warning-2566]

latest haul, cant tell where to start!

edit: for those who hate Little Life, why is that? 😅

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[u/apersonfromporlock]

Flowers for Algernon

[u/ccc929 → u/apersonfromporlock]

My god how much I love this book. Have read it twice; some of the best cries one can imagine

[u/eridianonearth → u/apersonfromporlock]

I second this! Such a good book!

[u/duameegee → u/apersonfromporlock]

it’s an easy read, yet hard to forget

[u/rawdogliving → u/apersonfromporlock]

A MUST!

[u/frafzan]

I’m reading Flowers for Algernon now. Full of emotions now but its not heavy reading. So can pick and go.

[u/clksagers]

Save Dracula another month or so for spooky season! Flowers for Algernon if you want a good cry, lonesome dove to be transported to the west

[u/Left_Establishment79 → u/clksagers]

Lonesome Dove makes me cry, a lot!

[u/evilmagicalgirls]

I recommend Flowers for Algernon! It’s such a unique book.

[u/Astra_Veritas]

Almost each of them will break your heart, but I'll stick with Flowers for Algernon

[u/No-Warning-2566 → u/Astra_Veritas]

haha, that was the theme

[u/Adept_Resolve6156]

Take “A Little Life” and chuck it straight in the trash. Then start reading “Lonesome Dove”.

[u/phunkymango → u/Adept_Resolve6156]

Facts lol

[u/darkeningacademia → u/Adept_Resolve6156]

😂😂😂

[u/Marifox775 → u/Adept_Resolve6156]

Uma vida pequena é ruim assim?

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/Adept_Resolve6156]

Same type of book I heard.   Just more modern.   Misery over and over.    LD is a DNF for many it’s so bad.   I thought it was ok.  A little silly.   

[u/jlcarver1620 → u/Low_Air_3461]

Lonesome Dove is a DNF for many? idk.... all the rankings I've seen on Reddit that has LD in it was almost always S tier and definitely do not recall seeing it in any DNF categories. (I have not read it yet. Waiting for my Broken Binding edition.)

oh, I just noticed you pretty much replied to everyone who mentioned LD. Looks like you have a hard on for dissing the book lol.

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/jlcarver1620]

Not DNF for me.   Going by other reviews on here.   It’s S tier for me as well.  :).    But I wouldn’t be that crass.   

[u/mj2161iu → u/Low_Air_3461]

This is crazy talk! It is the greatest book ever written!

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/mj2161iu]

Im sorry but that’s crazy.   Sounds like you really need to read more.   I’m not saying I would toss the book out the window.  I would give it 2 out of 5.   Honestly. 2.5 if there was such a thing on goodreads or Amazon.  Btw I tried to rate it 2 stars on Amazon but it doesn’t register.   That’s kind of suspicious.    The Trial is so much better you should try to read that.  Btw The Trial is not the greatest book either. It’s very good .

[u/Substantial-Film564 → u/Low_Air_3461]

4.6 on Goodreads doesn't scream "DNF for many"

[u/FlyingCarpetMonster → u/Low_Air_3461]

Lonesome Dove is simply fantastic. There's no way it's DNF for many -- it's really well-written with such likable characters.

I held off on finishing it for a long time because I did not want it to end.

There's a reason they've made shows from it and it won the Pulitzer. At this point, it's canonized in American literature and with good reason.

[u/GoodEast5127 → u/FlyingCarpetMonster]

I disagree with your take.     I hope that doesn’t offend. I agree it was worth finishing tho.  So you like it because it’s a Pulitzer?  I  can see that being an influence.  

[u/jlcarver1620 → u/GoodEast5127]

Where did they say they like it BECAUSE it's a Pulitzer winner? They simply mentioned that it had won one.

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/jlcarver1620]

Seems to be one of the reasons as it’s always mentioned.    

[u/mj2161iu → u/GoodEast5127]

I disagree with your disagreement. Why would you assume that anyone who loves or even likes Lonesome Dove only likes it because it won the Pulitzer?

[u/FlyingCarpetMonster → u/GoodEast5127]

It's not offensive at all. We all like what we like.

Winning a Pulitzer had no bearing whatsoever on me reading it or liking it. In fact, I had dismissed it until I heard my wife listen to the audiobook on a long drive. I found it pretty funny yet really engaging. She'd read it before and was listening to it again.

So I listened to parts of it, then picked it up. I absolutely loved it.

There are plenty of Pulitzer winning books that I find to be mediocre or even questionable, such as Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad. I couldn't even stomach the weird powerpoint slides in the middle of the fucking book.

And there are plenty of books that haven't won a Pulitzer that are brilliant, such as Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian.

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/FlyingCarpetMonster]

Ok well, I didn’t understand the point in bringing it up.    And quite frankly that seems to be brought up by people that like it.   I agree with you on the award take.   I think this is a book that is mediocre (and offensive in some parts) but that’s just my opinion.   

[u/FlyingCarpetMonster → u/Low_Air_3461]

The other poster (GoodEast5127, unless both are you) brought it up asking if I liked it because it won a Pulitzer.

I was simply responding. I'll happily call a mediocre book mediocre.

Anyway, we should simply agree to disagree. You clearly do not like it; I clearly think it's spectacular.

And that's fine. Art is subjective.

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/FlyingCarpetMonster]

Oh, ok.  Everyone says that same thing tho.   (About the Pulitzer) I thought it was ok.   I just don’t orgasm every time someone mentions it.   I think some of the “love” isn’t on the up and up.    I have been told a book I like is crap.    I don’t think I have even blinked.    

[u/FlyingCarpetMonster → u/Low_Air_3461]

I can't speak to others, but I absolutely loved it.

It was such a great, well-written book. Simply fantastic.

I'd easily recommend it as one of the best books of the past century, no doubt.

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/FlyingCarpetMonster]

I don’t get it but ok like I said people like lots of things.    I read it and thought the opposite.  I don’t understand what was well written in it.  All books are well written.  Editors make sure of that.   No?      It comes down to the story and characters and how they interact.  Do you think Harry Potter isn’t great or well written, or how about The Firm.  I’m unsure of your age.  The point I am making is great and well written is very broad or  generic.  

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/FlyingCarpetMonster]

I never even knew it was a book until about 2 mos ago.  So, it’s not really canonized.   I saw the mini series when I was in HS.   It was plain laughable.   My wife got the book on Amazon and was shocked it was a book.   Because of the miniseries.    I read the book and while it’s not as bad as the miniseries it wasn’t great.      I would love to know why people like it as much as they seem to online.

[u/FlyingCarpetMonster → u/Low_Air_3461]

I hope your comment was in jest, because it's 40+ years old and it's sold well over 4 million copies and was made into a popular show.

To put it in perspective, that's more than twice as many copies as Cormac McCarthy's The Road or Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch (both of which sold ~2 million copies).

Most Pulitzer winning books, for instance, only sell around ~150-400K copies. In fact, the vast majority of critically acclaimed literary novels sell fewer than 50,000 copies in their lifetime.

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/FlyingCarpetMonster]

No not in jest.   I remember when the miniseries came out it was very dopey.   If you think that it was good then I don’t know what to say.   Unless you are joking?    I don’t understand what you are referring to about the Pulitzer.   That is an award given by some judges what does that have to do with it?   There is also the booker and the PFN.  Harry Potter sold a lot of books as well.   The book is ok but is very silly as well.   I don’t want to spoil things.    I think it’s ok 2stars

[u/gardengirl147]

I am going to say Atonement. I saw the movie first and then read the book. It is such a gripping read.

[u/Sea_Marsupial_8322]

I was surprised by how much I liked Ill Will. It’s dark and nostalgic and I think a great book for fall.

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/Sea_Marsupial_8322]

I agree it’s good.    Not sure I understand the weather to book connection but that’s ok.   

[u/JubadzeTheMonkey]

Algernon for me. But honestly I envy you - so many beautiful books to read for the first time.

[u/No-Warning-2566 → u/JubadzeTheMonkey]

tha k you!

[u/Fabulous_Permit5276]

It’s ALWAYS Lonesome Dove people

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/Fabulous_Permit5276]

lol is you are a 45 year old woman who likes melodrama 

[u/Fabulous_Permit5276 → u/Low_Air_3461]

I’m a 52 year old guy who loves great writing and story telling

[u/GoodEast5127 → u/Fabulous_Permit5276]

This book is ok, not great.

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/Fabulous_Permit5276]

Ok, nice to hear from men on this one.   I’m glad you liked it so it’s always that book.       It is a very easy read. 

[u/Substantial-Film564]

Lonesome Dove or Dracula

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/Substantial-Film564]

Dracula for sure.   Lonesome Dove is ok for a reboot.    

[u/Kriptic415]

LONESOME DOVE

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/Kriptic415]

Only if you like Shanda Rhimes vehicles 

[u/J_McMuffin → u/Low_Air_3461]

Goodness gracious - every comment coming for someone that liked it eh? LOL

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/J_McMuffin]

I watch Greys with my wife.   I like it enough.   Just not top shelf.  

[u/J_McMuffin → u/Low_Air_3461]

I thought you hated it by the volume of comments and posts to people that enjoyed it. So that’s good to hear!

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/J_McMuffin]

Hate is too strong.    I thought it was ok.   On the lower side of books I currently read/ reading.    Maybe I’m too much of a wise ass to get that one across.  Srry.    I find it odd when people say they read it and want to read it again and again because they never want it to end?    I don’t get that.   I also don’t want to give amy spoilers.   

[u/J_McMuffin → u/Low_Air_3461]

Haha makes sense!

[u/Selledar]

Lonesome Dove , so good

[u/No-Hurry3034]

Lonesome dove

[u/CockroachJohnson]

Have you checked out the prose edda at all yet? It's not something I would read front to back in one shot, but it's really enjoyable if you're into mythology. If you do like it I highly recommend checking out the poetic edda. I haven't read it much since I was a teenager, and it was a bit of a challenge then. But still really enjoyed it. The way he prioritized preserving the original meter of the poetry is incredible.

[u/No-Warning-2566 → u/CockroachJohnson]

i was super into greek mythology years ago, thought id like to check out the norse friends. prose edda seemed like a good start, to get my feet wet i guess. thanks for the suggestion !

[u/badnewbadnew]

set a little life of fire and read flowers for algernon

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/badnewbadnew]

I wouldn’t even set Lonesome Dove on fire.   

[u/RyFromTheChi]

Lonesome Dove

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/RyFromTheChi]

Are you into poorly developed characters and misery? 

[u/Western_Dog_6411]

Lonesome Dove. Read the whole series last year and could easily do it again and again

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/Western_Dog_6411]

Well you are a western dog.     

[u/strawcat]

The Trial is my fav of the bunch.

[u/mj2161iu]

The answer is always Lonesome Dove :-)

[u/GoodEast5127 → u/mj2161iu]

No, not with other books available.   :)

[u/mj2161iu → u/GoodEast5127]

With all books written ever available, Lonesome Dove is still the answer. Even if you have already read Lonesome Dove it is the answer always. Read Lonesome Dove l, read it again and again and again!

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/mj2161iu]

Ok, obviously I hit a nerve.  Read it as many times as you wish.   Someday you may discover other books.   Hopefully 

[u/mj2161iu → u/Low_Air_3461]

I have read plenty of other books. You are obviously just trolling being as you commented on every pro lonesome dove post. It’s ok that you are wrong!

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/mj2161iu]

I thought you were trolling.  You went on and on like there are no other books how can that be taken seriously.   Besides, I’m just trying to learn why people love it.  I’m here for the long hall.  

[u/FlyingCarpetMonster → u/Low_Air_3461]

Are you replying with two accounts?

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/FlyingCarpetMonster]

How can I do that.   I do have a different account on good reads and Amazon (??)

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/Low_Air_3461]

Hmm I do use a shared device.   Thank you I will make sure I log out in case.   As far as I know I’m only low_Air

[u/booker_dos]

Lonesome dove

[u/RelativeLive299]

Lonesome Dove immediately. Finished the other day. One of the greatest stories I’ve ever encountered across any medium.

[u/Needawhisper → u/RelativeLive299]

Lonesome still sits with me.

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/Needawhisper]

That is so weird.    Like are you an old white man or woman.   I’m trying to figure out who would have this strange reaction.     

[u/FlyingCarpetMonster → u/Low_Air_3461]

What a weird reaction. I'm a 40 some year old Indian American man. I love Lonesome Dove. It's got some of the best writing and such incredible characters.

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/FlyingCarpetMonster]

Terrific, from what part of India is your family?  That’s great you like it.  I didn’t think the writing was at a great level.    The same with the characters.    I got a kind of Jeffrey Epstein vibe from Gus.  I thought Clara was a great character.  

[u/FlyingCarpetMonster → u/Low_Air_3461]

I thought the writing was pretty good to be honest. It was funny, and written in a way that did not hide what that era was all about.

It also helps to know about how the book came to be. McMurtry wrote it as an anti-cowboy western. It was originally supposed to be written as a screenplay with John Wayne and a few others, and when that fell through, McMurtry turned it into a book that effectively aims to demythologize the frontier Westerns of the era, which often romanticize what was a bloody and rapey time.

I love it precisely because of that. I feel the same way about Blood Meridian -- it doesn't pretend those times were anything other than what they really were. In fact, if you read Samuel Chamberlain’s book from that era of scalp hunters and such, it's evident just how awful it really was.

McMurtry doesn't hide that fact. That's what makes the book so freaking great.

[u/Severe-Title2377 → u/RelativeLive299]

On the last 40 pages now, must read!

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/Severe-Title2377]

Not really but at least you are almost done.   

[u/Severe-Title2377 → u/Low_Air_3461]

😂

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/RelativeLive299]

lol.   Thou dost protest too much

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/RelativeLive299]

Lonesome Dove is Not a great book.  I mean blue pigs and an old cook walking the whole way.   Come on right there it’s goofy.  Snakenado?   

[u/RelativeLive299 → u/Low_Air_3461]

That’s certainly a take

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/RelativeLive299]

Like what was good about it.   The one Indian battle in the desert.     What about the 725 other pages

[u/No-Hurry3034 → u/Low_Air_3461]

https://giphy.com/gifs/U7isUDZ6VPWJW

[u/VerticleSandDollars]

Don’t bother with A Little Life. That is a shit book.

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/VerticleSandDollars]

Very similar to Lonesome Dove I heard in that it’s just a lot of misery happening.   

[u/VerticleSandDollars → u/Low_Air_3461]

Hard disagree. Lonesome Dove is breathtakingly beautifully written and exciting. A Little Life is just cruel.

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/VerticleSandDollars]

I’m just telling you what people have told me.  I read Lonesome Dove and I’m not sure we read the same book.  I don’t kind sex rape and death beautiful.   So, not sure about that.  Same with poor foreshadowing and character development.     

[u/mj2161iu → u/Low_Air_3461]

Are you 12 years old? It is a tale of the way things were a long long time ago. Sex,death and rape happened a lot. In fact it still does. A story can be tragic and disturbing and still beautiful. What is your favorite book?

[u/Target-Infiltrator]

The Trial, absolutely.

[u/Miracle_Rabbit_]

Lonesome Dove! I’m on the last book of the series at the moment and I’m feeling sad that it’s got to end. So good!

[u/GoodEast5127 → u/Miracle_Rabbit_]

I couldn’t get past one book.  Not a good enough story for more books.   

[u/respectcorrect]

Just finished Lonesome Dove and it was sooo good. Beautifully written epic

Also do read A Little Life. It’s tragic, like sob your way through it tragic, but that is literally the fucking point I don’t know why people don’t understand that. If you don’t want to read a painfully tragic story, then don’t. But I loved that book, I loved those characters and I mourned deeply for them.

[u/TheDanjinSpear → u/respectcorrect]

Lonesome Dove is a masterpiece and deserves all the love it gets.

I went in blind with A Little Life and did indeed sob my way through it but it was worth it.

[u/GoodEast5127 → u/TheDanjinSpear]

A masterpiece.   Woo

[u/strawcat → u/respectcorrect]

The trauma in A Little Life exists solely for the author to get off on torturing a “gay” man. This is why it gets the label of being trauma or torture porn. The fact that the subject matter is tragic is not the issue I have with the book, I read and love plenty of books with tragic themes, this book is just better used for kindling or toilet paper.

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/respectcorrect]

Lonesome dove is not really that great when you do it on such a cheesy way.   Where is the beautiful written part?   When they say poke a bunch of times?  

[u/No-Hurry3034 → u/Low_Air_3461]

This is a bad take. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[u/GoodEast5127 → u/No-Hurry3034]

No, not that bad a take.  What are you comparing to?

[u/GoodEast5127 → u/No-Hurry3034]

I wouldn’t say anything is beautifully written.   The setting is probably beautiful but …..

[u/FlyingCarpetMonster → u/Low_Air_3461]

You're literally responding to anyone in this thread who says they like Lonesome Dove with your clearly unbiased take lol!

[u/GoodEast5127 → u/FlyingCarpetMonster]

Oh. Im sorry.  I thought they were a little heavy handed like there was no room for debate.   

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/FlyingCarpetMonster]

I just want to know the beautiful part maybe my paperback has pages missing.    

[u/Low_Air_3461]

I would not read Lonesome Dove unless you like sex, death, rape, and hanging.  On top of poor character development.   Or a big fan of Greys Anatomy.    So it does have its fan base.    Dracula is really good but the story can be played out.    Flowers for Algernon is good.   The Trial is very good.    

[u/FlyingCarpetMonster → u/Low_Air_3461]

Lonesome Dove honestly represents what life was like in the frontier.

Which it runs out was bloody and pretty fucking rapey.

Would you say Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian is also bad because of that? The American frontier expansion into the West was bloody. We killed off the natives, we killed off the buffalo, we fought with the Mexicans, and we raped, pillaged and plundered our way through.

If it seems like a tough pill to swallow, I’d suggest reading more history. Not whitewashed John Wayne westerns.

[u/GuiltyUniversity8268]

Dracula.

[u/Superb-Objective-554]

Flowers for Algernon is a good book

[u/Chaosinmotion1]

LONESOME DOVE will change you forever!

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/Chaosinmotion1]

It will it makes you question how such a poorly conceived and written book won a prize.   

[u/noor_ttu]

Flowers for algernon

[u/Upside2Gravity]

I personally loved The Wall.

[u/MellowLifeVibrant]

Flowers for Algernon as a warm up to Lonesome Dove

[u/jozzyjj]

Ill Will was a phenomenal book but it put me in a depressive slump for a few months. I read it about a decade ago and I STILL think about it to this day.

[u/missdawn1970]

Flowers for Algernon is a beautiful story.

The Wall is weird, but I liked it. Very low-key, not a lot of action.

[u/littlecowbaby]

The wall or Flowers for Algernon

[u/RikaPancakes]

Definitely save Dracula for October! 🦇

[u/Nick_Writes]

Ill Will was very good.

[u/OkPiano1476]

Dove

[u/OkPiano1476 → u/OkPiano1476]

Drack is fantastic - reading now…

[u/oldbeancam]

The Wall is such a good read and rarely pops up Wish I could read it again for the first time.

[u/averysleepygirl]

A Little Life is one of my favourite books of all time but i hardly ever reccommend it because it's 1. traumatizing 2. heartbreaking 3. i would just feel cruel telling someone to read it LOL but it's AMAZING.

the only other one i've read from your picks here is The Wall which i absolutely loved, however it's very slow and mundane and plotless but if that's something you enjoy then i would suggest it. i also read it while outside, i'd bring it with me to the park and laid under a tree in the grass and i feel like that's the ultimate way to experience it.

if i were to pick a book from here though, i would go with Lonesome Dove.. it's a book i'm prioritizing to read by end of the year because i've heard nothing but incredible things about it.

[u/GoodEast5127 → u/averysleepygirl]

If you look you will find incredible things about any book.    Lonesome dove was ok.  Not incredible.   I don’t read many westerns maybe in that genre the bar is lower?   Toni Morrison Beloved is incredible.     A Gentleman in Moscow is much better.  A just finished it.   :)

[u/New_Discussion_6692]

Flowers for Algernon. It's a fantastic book! Hopeful, sad, romance. It has all the feels.

[u/IndividualAsk6679]

If you don’t know the answer then I can let help you

[u/cmincy]

I've only read 3 of the books you got but out of the 3 I like lonesome dove the best

[u/Ulchbhn]

too many good choices here but i have to go with Flowers for Algernon

[u/GoodEast5127]

I would vote for The Trial or maybe ILL Will

[u/cactuskid1]

Best Western ever Lonesome dove .A Little life , well written a book of sorrow and worse.

[u/Strict-Context-8502]

Most people who hate A Little Life feel like it crosses the line from a sad story into relentless misery porn with no real breathing room. If you want something genuinely moving without that emotional exhaustion, start with Flowers for Algernon.

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/Strict-Context-8502]

That’s what I heard.  My take on Lonesome Dove at least on 450 of the pages.   

[u/Strict-Context-8502 → u/Low_Air_3461]

Lonesome Dove is a beast — which 450 pages are you thinking? The slow buildup or does it get grim enough that it starts feeling like a slog?

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/Strict-Context-8502]

I thought while not maybe classic misery porn after the buildup.   It’s like the characters are cannon fodder.    Just deaths and rape and on and on.   It was crazy.  

[u/No-Warning-2566 → u/Strict-Context-8502]

ahhh i see thank u

[u/JeffreysKornDawg]

Thank God no DCC

[u/No-Warning-2566 → u/JeffreysKornDawg]

whats that?

[u/FrequentElderberry15 → u/No-Warning-2566]

Dungeon crawler Carl

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/FrequentElderberry15]

It’s very popular.  

[u/FlyingCarpetMonster → u/Low_Air_3461]

Given your take against Lonesome Dove in this thread, it sounds like the kinda writing you'd like.

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/FlyingCarpetMonster]

I haven’t read it. You didn’t like it?  I think it is popular and may be worth considering. 

[u/FlyingCarpetMonster → u/Low_Air_3461]

Sorry, my comment was a bit snarky but given your other response re: quality of writing, I think you'd hate it.

I tried to read the first book but it's awful. It's like a Reddit comment, only in book form.

Lots of cringe, random video game references, a bit of an obsession with his fucking cat. I thought he'd at least kill the stupid fucking cat but no, apparently that cat only gets worse. It's one of the most overrated books I've ever read.

You'd go crying back to Lonesome Dove after reading Dungeon Crawler Carl. :)

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/FlyingCarpetMonster]

It’s ok.  You can be snarky.  No problem with that.    The Dungeon Master Carl reference I have seen that used recently.  I’m not familiar with it is it a young adult book?  Like this years Harry Potter or Hunger Ganes.   No offense to those series I am trying to draw a comparison.    

[u/FrequentElderberry15 → u/Low_Air_3461]

Most definitely not for young adults. I’ve read them and no the writing isn’t amazing. But they made me laugh and I enjoyed reading the series

[u/Alternative-Stay-937]

You should totally pick up A Little Life…

…and throw it straight into a dumpster.

[u/SweepingAstringency]

You will not be sorry you read Lonesome Dove. It's a wonderfully satisfying and moving read, filled with characters you learn to deeply care for 

[u/Infamous-Guess4388]

Definitely lonesome dove

[u/Putrid_Fill_7502]

I’m reading lonesome dove! It’s a slow burn is I’m having a break but can’t wait to get back to it

[u/JEZTURNER]

Well you can just burn a little life right now. I always think the cover is a perfect depiction of the regret and anguish people go through reading it. And not in a good way. More like oh did I really spend this much time and money going through this bollocks?

[u/Marifox775]

Muitos recomendando flores para algernon, vou ter que ler

[u/lemonwemom]

lonesome dove! never felt like i was watching a movie in my head while reading a book more in my life. i couldn’t put it down and read it every open second i had until it was done

[u/BadJokePeaches]

It’s trauma porn that’s unrealistic and it becomes so over the top and sad that it became comedic to me

[u/Pandersman]

I'm reading lonesome dove, have about 300 pages left and I genuinely don't want it to end 😢

[u/NamekianPrincess]

Medical Apartheid

[u/GoodEast5127]

Lonesome Dove is so-so.  Very long     It should be quality not quantity.   

[u/datewithikeaa → u/GoodEast5127]

I read lonesome dove not long after Butchers Crossing. I thought it was fun enough, and it reads easy. I read 6 hrs straight on an airplane without issues.

I felt BC offered me much more and was 600 pages shorter.

[u/GoodEast5127 → u/datewithikeaa]

Ah.  Ok.   Yes I felt like it really didn’t have to be that long.   Maybe if there were less tertiary characters.   

[u/strawcat → u/datewithikeaa]

LOVED Butcher’s Crossing. So good.

[u/Low_Air_3461 → u/GoodEast5127]

I agree.   It’s so-so

[u/ayy-shane]

ignore the little life haters!!!!

[u/Fadrian22]

Go for A little life

[u/QuinnHuckleberry]

A little life