Lonesome Dove

Perfection is a near impossible term that is often used in our imperfect world filled with wonderment and excellent pizza. The best thing about imperfection is the rugged edges and irregularity that show character and genuineness. Nothing is perfect, and that's amazing. Almost as amazing as Lonesome Dove, because that shit is absolute perfection.

This book hits all the right notes and the right times in the right manner. It's impossible to give more light to a book that is already foolproof. Augustus and Call are an unbreakable duo that would do anything to laze around or commit to a unforgivable task; an absolute dream team, especially when Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones play these two on screen amazingly. Although the story mainly focuses on these two, the viewpoint is in 3rd person omniscient and switches from character to character at any point in a chapter, which can make or break any book's character development. In this case, Lonesome Dove highlights each passing person as if they're just as important as everyone else. Stubborn, ugly, kind, courageous or evil, each character is displayed in the best possible way. The book's technique on ‘show don't tell' is beyond masterful because of this viewpoint.

Lonesome Dove is a book that isn't distinguished as a western, or historical fiction, but an excellent story. This book is easily recommendable even to people who haven't read a western before, because it has elements that anyone could enjoy, hell there are even characters that you can find in your usual fantasy novel. The book reminded me a lot of The Stand in its own unique way that it builds character's ups and downfalls.

I've thought it over for a while now, and I can't quite decide if Lonesome Dove is my all time favorite novel. I have a lot of favorites that I love in different ways, but there isn't a doubt that this is by far one of the greatest stories ever told. Top three if anything.