McMurtry has a relaxed style so it wasn't until a hundred pages in that I started getting annoyed with this book. But once I did the irritation only got worse. This is a hard slog. Long. Dull. Not compelling.
The characters in the first book you felt for. They were trapped - young kids, women trapped by society. Everyone in this is trapped by their own stupidty.
Main characters are Duane, Karla and Jacy. Jacy actually isn't in it too much. There's too much Duane.
Nothing happens. Sonny loses his mind a little. Jacy has lost a child but only occasionally brings it up. Duane roots around despite Karla being suited for him.
There's a lot of shenanigans and middle aged horny. The adults and kids are cartoons.
This is just bad. Sorry, Larry.
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