Sin Killer: A Novel Audiobook

" Enjoyed the read. Another good book my McMurtry. "

" It's no 'Lonesome Dove,' (I doubt anything ever will be), but I thoroughly enjoyed this - giant cast of characters, quietly hilarious. Can't wait to read the rest. "

" This is the first in the Berrybender Narratives and they are all entertaining and informative of the history of the West. "

" As much as enjoy McMurtry, this was a silly overblown dime novel. Perhaps that was what McMurtry was trying to create but that doesn't make this first book especially engaging. I'll read more of the series only because I already bought them. "

" McMurtry's stab at "western-by-numbers", but without a lick of obvious humor and strangely flat characters. "

" We have one brief moment on this planet, and we spend most of it sad and alone, wondering if anyone likes us or remembers who we are; or preparing ourselves to meet the day, to put on our professional faces and walk into our work environments and have the gumption to pretend like we know what we're talking about. We are shamelessly nostalgic for past selves, past moments of our lives where we felt so assured that life was an ever-widening tree-lined avenue, and that the avenue led to contentedness, success, happiness, a near-ecstatic sexual and psychic connection with our partner, or at the very least the ability to keep ourselves well supplied with Hamburger Helper. How disappointing that the avenue led only to more life, to more sweaty anticipation of a glorious future that never quite arrives, and even more disappointing: that the avenue, rather than widening, continuously narrows to a point, options falling away, revealing that the feeling of endless choice was only an illusion propped up by the optimism of a past you, that teenage shit-eater, whose essential teenageness (a mixture of scorn and naivete) you now lament with bitter, alcohol-enabled tears. The folly of youth! And the Hamburger Helper only makes it increasingly more difficult to button your pants. After all this misery and regret have been numbed by cable television, there remain only a few short hours of the day in which to attempt to forget ourselves, our growing bodies, the feeble flutter of our uncertainties and fears. This time, we allot to fiction. And the time is so small, so besieged by our nervous social media habit, our emails, our tumblr accounts. It is precious time, it is a small amount of time, and it must be protected! And here I urge you: turn away from this story of the much beleaguered Berrybender clan and their infinitely rape-able party of females. Think not of the upsetting preoccupation of the eldest, the "smart" one, with her growing role of "prairie wife" and her abandonment of books and bookish things for a dim-witted hairy idiot of a man who slaps her on their first "date," thus setting off her growing carnal preoccupation with him, because everyone knows, nothing inflames desire like a good, hard, unasked for slap across the face. Disavow the brutal depiction of Native peoples in this book and pick up a Sherman Alexie book instead. Yes, it's true, everyone in this book is an idiot and isn't it funny how useless the British are? (If you're looking for good satire of the British, why not try Noel Coward or Oscar Wilde?) But no character is an idiot in the book like the women are idiots in this book, and for their trouble, they all get brutally raped or beaten until Mcmurtry can pair them off with the next less brutal man who comes along and says something kind to them. Or they're rewarded for their critical thinking skills with a hairy illiterate frontiersman for a mate! The gifts of the prairie are copious and phallic indeed! Life is too short, too full of misery and sadness and the briefest of joys. Read a good book instead! Don't be like me. "

" story explodes with the harshness of the old wild west... "

" I didn't like it at first because I didn't like the voice reading to me. After a few chapters, after the lengthy, monotonous descriptions of the family and their companions and servants, the story gained momentum and became very funny and absurd. I can't wait to read the next in the series! "

" This book, the first in the Berrybender Narratives is a return to top form for McMurtry. Gorgeous, hilarious, exciting, and tragic, you cannot ask for more from a series. I have read it twice, and just thinking about it makes me hunger for round 3! "

" Love the Berrybender!!!! Laugh out loud characters! Cried at times.Some very graphic violent scences, but needed for the story line.MUST READ ALL four books IN ORDER!!! LOVED them ALL "

" Though none of the characters are extremely likable, I was still compelled through the book and ended up liking it. "

" Pretty good, but still not as good as Lonesome Dove. "

" Although vulgar at times and filled with as many characters and tribes as McMurtry could fit, I really enjoyed it and can't wait to pick up Berreybender Narrative #2. The narrator did and amazing job with his innumerable voices. "

" Loved it! The characters cracked me up! "

" Loved the humor and the descriptions of early American life. "

" Excellent farce - but with very real characters. McMurtry remains one of my favorite authors for a reason. "

" A historical western comedy? Somehow it works in this unique and funny series by the author of Lonesome Dove. "

" I love Larry McMurtry. This one was interesting and good to listen to on CD. Lot's of crazy characters! "

" Old west (1832) about a crazy English family "

" Sometimes reading McMurtry is like eating a nice warm dessert. . .a guilty pleasure. "

" A great read. This book is the first in a 4-part series detailing the misadventures of the Berrybender family (English noblefolk) on the early American west. While the Berrybenders are fictional, events and minor character are real, and McMurtry gives life to these forgotten folk. "

" Humorous book and a fun read "

" My brother-in-law gave me this book to read. He loved it. Must say, it was kind of a western on psychedelic drugs. The characterizations were spot on and the story had very funny scenes. "

" I really liked some of his other works, but these characters were awful. I would give this series a pass unless someone says the later books get better. "

" This book made me wish I was illiterate. I would prefer to watch cartoons. "

" i loved tasmin barrybender. what a great character she was to read. i really like westerns...especially larry mcmurtry. read the set...it's great "

" I love Larry McMurtry. He seems to get how tough the old west was. Not clean often with a chance of death at any moment. This is the first of a series. Good thing to read on the train or an airplane. "

" story of the Berrybender family's wandering through the west. "

" Very insightful novel looking at the early American continent and the exploration of the west by europeans. Nice 4 book examination of how cultures adapt to duress and new environments. "

" Very interesting story line. The characters are quite odd, sometimes to the point of absurdity. "

" Old west (1832) about a crazy English family "

" I didn't like it at first because I didn't like the voice reading to me. After a few chapters, after the lengthy, monotonous descriptions of the family and their companions and servants, the story gained momentum and became very funny and absurd. I can't wait to read the next in the series! "

" British family travels in the American west with their whole entourage. Sin Killer is the name of a boy raised by the Osage Indians and later rescued. Lots of physical violence. Romance, Adventure. "

" I liked the whole series. Larry has a special knack of making his characters not perfect. After all, who is in this life. I highly recommend that everyone read the whole series but start at the beginning. "

" This is a very good book about the old west. Larry does a wonderful job telling a story about the old West. This is part 1 of a 4 part series. "

" Humorous book and a fun read "

" the family in this book was ridiculous... i despised all of the berrybenders. however, the book was engaging and i easily finished it in a week. "