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Book Reviews of Sin Killer (Berrybender Narratives, Bk 1)

Sin Killer (Berrybender Narratives, Bk 1)
Sin Killer - Berrybender Narratives, Bk 1
Author: Larry McMurtry
ISBN-13: 9780743233026
ISBN-10: 0743233026
Publication Date: 5/7/2002
Pages: 304
Rating:
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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3.3 stars, based on 27 ratings
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Book Type: Hardcover
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8 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

buzzby avatar reviewed Sin Killer (Berrybender Narratives, Bk 1) on + 6062 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
I couldn't get into it. The characters seemed one dimensional and stereotypical, and I just didn't want to travel across the praries with the lot of them.
perryfran avatar reviewed Sin Killer (Berrybender Narratives, Bk 1) on + 1223 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Another enjoyable epic from McMurtry. This is the first of 4 novels in the Berrybender Narratives. This novel takes place on or near the Missouri River in 1832 and provides an account of the aristocratic Berrybender family from England as they make a journey into the American West. Along the way, the eldest daughter falls for and marries a shy frontiersman, Jim Snow or the Sin Killer, must to the chagrin of her father. Many other perils happen to the family including capture of three of the women in the group by the Mandan Indians and a freezing buffalo hunt in the snow resulting in frost-bite to Lord Berrybender who had already shot off some of his toes and had three of his fingers cut off by an enraged Sioux. Also included in the group is Toussaint Charbonneau, the interpreter who, along with Sacagawea, guided the Lewis and Clark expedition ten years previously. Overall, I enjoyed this novel and look forward to reading the others in the series.
Dixie avatar reviewed Sin Killer (Berrybender Narratives, Bk 1) on + 179 more book reviews
Jim Snow ("Sin Killer" is his nickname) falls for the daughter of an English lord who is visiting the Louisiana Territory on a shooting expedition. This is the first book in a projected four-volume series about the wealthy and slightly mad Berrybender family
skywaywaver avatar reviewed Sin Killer (Berrybender Narratives, Bk 1) on + 148 more book reviews
I don't like westerns, but this one is different than the typical western.
reviewed Sin Killer (Berrybender Narratives, Bk 1) on + 3 more book reviews
A great Western novel from the author of Lonesome Dove. If you like Westerns you will enjoy this one.
reviewed Sin Killer (Berrybender Narratives, Bk 1) on + 35 more book reviews
Larry McMurtry is at it once again. This is a great series. He brings an English family out on the western front to face all sorts of hardships. great book.
reviewed Sin Killer (Berrybender Narratives, Bk 1) on + 49 more book reviews
A very fast read - good book
hardtack avatar reviewed Sin Killer (Berrybender Narratives, Bk 1) on + 2701 more book reviews
This is the first book in the "Berrybender Narratives" and I suspect that it sets the tone for the sequels.

If you like novels where the apparent main plot thread is everyone going around having casual sex like alley cats while they stumble across the West like pioneers on drugs, then this so-called western will delight you. I gave up about midway and tossed the book.

I gave this bunch of bound paper - it's an insult to countless writers to call it a novel - 1/2 star because I don't think the system allows me to give it no stars.