Ride With Me, Mariah Montana

I really enjoyed the first two books in Doig’s Montana trilogy so this book was a bit of a disappointment. I had a really hard time getting through it. In fact I stopped a couple of times and read something else before going back to it because the beginning is just so dull. It felt like Doig went th......more

The final volume in Ivan Doig’s Montana trilogy is part Winnebago road trip, part centennial celebration for the state of Montana, part family saga, and part American history lesson. A big part is a nostalgic trip down memory lane for the novel’s protagonist, Jick McCaskill. Jick first appeared as a......more

My rating: 3.5 This is a quiet, reflective book which concludes Doig's homage to Montana. Of course it's beautifully written! This wraps up all the loose ends from the other two title and bring the McCaskill saga to a close as Jick gives his failing ranch to the state as a buffalo preserve -- a fitti......more

I might come back to this book someday, but for now, I just can't do it. Too much Doig this summer? Maybe. But I think part of the problem is I just prefer his writings of the homesteadin' days in Montana to anything that takes place in a contemporary setting. Too much inner dialog in this one that......more

It's always so hard me to choose the "fiction" bookshelf when writing reviews for Ivan Doig as they seem so real and pertinent to today. No one can weave a tale like Doig and his analogies are sarcastic phrases are second-to-none. This is the last of the McCaskill series and with each of the books i......more