The Evening Star

McMurtry explored the lives of women as fully as he explored his guys Americans who remember the late Larry McMurtry almost certainly are thinking of Lonesome Dove and his many other Western novels that featured rugged men, some of them (but not all) of heroic stature. Or, because there has recently......more

What an odd book. Though it's interesting to catch up with Aurora, Rosie and the General, the book is overlong and meanders with several random and meaningless details. Yet, there are some good parts - really good, actually. Where "Terms of Endearment" was about a selfish woman who was frustrated by......more

Once again, I was amazed and thrilled by McMurty's prodigious skills as a writer. Not one word is wasted. His writing is lean, and holds momentum, and his storytelling is masterful. Just a fantastic read.......more

Frequently labeled as the sequel to Terms of Endearment, Larry McMurtry’s The Evening Star also brings to a close his sequence of six novels that live under the umbrella of his “Houston chronicles” (the first five novels in the sequence are listed at the end of this review, and are also highly recom......more

I cried. Thanks for the recommendation, Mom! I see several people complaining about the book's "meandering" style. But, life is often "meandering". You are busy going about your daily life and then all of a sudden you realize ten years has passed. I also see people have complained about the end of th......more