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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I never expected to identify with a Cormac McCarthy book like I did with this one. I’ve read, and enjoyed, many of his other works, but couldn’t put myself through really feeling them. Generally speaking, if you’re identifying with his work, your life might be on the rocks.
This one though… I spent 3 years on St. Philip in the Quarter. He did it so right, set it so right, it felt like going home every time the main character went home.
Weird, probably criminal, happenings? That was normal then and there.
Crazy life of an offshore diver? Yeah. At points I found myself wondering if he’d met the same crazy people I once knew who had that occupation, and asking myself if they were the root of this story. It all felt that wonderfully authentic, even when it really shouldn’t have.
There’s a lot that could be said about the rest of this book, but I’m not one for writing analytical reviews. I’ll just leave it at what unexpectedly hit me from this one. If you’re a New Orleans ex-pat, dive in.
Merged review:
I never expected to identify with a Cormac McCarthy book like I did with this one. I’ve read, and enjoyed, many of his other works, but couldn’t put myself through really feeling them. Generally speaking, if you’re identifying with his work, your life might be on the rocks.
This one though… I spent 3 years on St. Philip in the Quarter. He did it so right, set it so right, it felt like going home every time the main character went home.
Weird, probably criminal, happenings? That was normal then and there.
Crazy life of an offshore diver? Yeah. At points I found myself wondering if he’d met the same crazy people I once knew who had that occupation, and asking myself if they were the root of this story. It all felt that wonderfully authentic, even when it really shouldn’t have.
There’s a lot that could be said about the rest of this book, but I’m not one for writing analytical reviews. I’ll just leave it at what unexpectedly hit me from this one. If you’re a New Orleans ex-pat, dive in.
Merged review:
I never expected to identify with a Cormac McCarthy book like I did with this one. I’ve read, and enjoyed, many of his other works, but couldn’t put myself through really feeling them. Generally speaking, if you’re identifying with his work, your life might be on the rocks.
This one though… I spent 3 years on St. Philip in the Quarter. He did it so right, set it so right, it felt like going home every time the main character went home.
Weird, probably criminal, happenings? That was normal then and there.
Crazy life of an offshore diver? Yeah. At points I found myself wondering if he’d met the same crazy people I once knew who had that occupation, and asking myself if they were the root of this story. It all felt that wonderfully authentic, even when it really shouldn’t have.
There’s a lot that could be said about the rest of this book, but I’m not one for writing analytical reviews. I’ll just leave it at what unexpectedly hit me from this one. If you’re a New Orleans ex-pat, dive in.
This one though… I spent 3 years on St. Philip in the Quarter. He did it so right, set it so right, it felt like going home every time the main character went home.
Weird, probably criminal, happenings? That was normal then and there.
Crazy life of an offshore diver? Yeah. At points I found myself wondering if he’d met the same crazy people I once knew who had that occupation, and asking myself if they were the root of this story. It all felt that wonderfully authentic, even when it really shouldn’t have.
There’s a lot that could be said about the rest of this book, but I’m not one for writing analytical reviews. I’ll just leave it at what unexpectedly hit me from this one. If you’re a New Orleans ex-pat, dive in.
Merged review:
I never expected to identify with a Cormac McCarthy book like I did with this one. I’ve read, and enjoyed, many of his other works, but couldn’t put myself through really feeling them. Generally speaking, if you’re identifying with his work, your life might be on the rocks.
This one though… I spent 3 years on St. Philip in the Quarter. He did it so right, set it so right, it felt like going home every time the main character went home.
Weird, probably criminal, happenings? That was normal then and there.
Crazy life of an offshore diver? Yeah. At points I found myself wondering if he’d met the same crazy people I once knew who had that occupation, and asking myself if they were the root of this story. It all felt that wonderfully authentic, even when it really shouldn’t have.
There’s a lot that could be said about the rest of this book, but I’m not one for writing analytical reviews. I’ll just leave it at what unexpectedly hit me from this one. If you’re a New Orleans ex-pat, dive in.
Merged review:
I never expected to identify with a Cormac McCarthy book like I did with this one. I’ve read, and enjoyed, many of his other works, but couldn’t put myself through really feeling them. Generally speaking, if you’re identifying with his work, your life might be on the rocks.
This one though… I spent 3 years on St. Philip in the Quarter. He did it so right, set it so right, it felt like going home every time the main character went home.
Weird, probably criminal, happenings? That was normal then and there.
Crazy life of an offshore diver? Yeah. At points I found myself wondering if he’d met the same crazy people I once knew who had that occupation, and asking myself if they were the root of this story. It all felt that wonderfully authentic, even when it really shouldn’t have.
There’s a lot that could be said about the rest of this book, but I’m not one for writing analytical reviews. I’ll just leave it at what unexpectedly hit me from this one. If you’re a New Orleans ex-pat, dive in.
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"Mercy is the province of the person alone. There is mass hatred and there is mass grief. Mass vengeance and even mass suicide. But there is no mass forgiveness. There is only you."
I dont know how McCarthy does what he does so well. In a book with the loosest of plots, he gets across so much and asks so much.
The biggest of the book is how does one move on with their life after they realize the love that they are striving for can never be gotten. For Bobby, our protagonist, this is his younger sister who has since committed suicide after spending time dealing with schizophrenia. He fell head over heels in love knowing he could never have her. After her death he becomes a passenger in life, not caring how he lives, how he might die, and everything else.
The whole book is just conversations Bobby has with himself or friends, and each chapter is prefaced with his sister talking to her other personalities. Through these conversations we see other people in his life and how they are dealing with similar things. One of these friends is this incredibly gorgeous woman who we learn is actually a trans woman. She wants the love of her mother, and after confronting her learns she will never get it back. After nearly drinking herself to death she comes to a realization that she wouldn't be here if someone didn't love her, and that is how she moved on. We also see close to the end a Spanish man who just wants the love of his friends back after both them and himself were shot in a firing line during the Civil war but somehow he managed to survive but they didn't.
There is so much more to this book, there is a whole bit that compares Bobby Kennedy trying desperately to hold his family together, to our Bobby. There is a whole bunch of scientific related themes regarding their dad, a scientist who worked on the atom bomb, and so much more. People will be finding things about this book for a long time to come.
Overall just an amazing work from McCarthy.
I dont know how McCarthy does what he does so well. In a book with the loosest of plots, he gets across so much and asks so much.
The biggest of the book is how does one move on with their life after they realize the love that they are striving for can never be gotten. For Bobby, our protagonist, this is his younger sister who has since committed suicide after spending time dealing with schizophrenia. He fell head over heels in love knowing he could never have her. After her death he becomes a passenger in life, not caring how he lives, how he might die, and everything else.
The whole book is just conversations Bobby has with himself or friends, and each chapter is prefaced with his sister talking to her other personalities. Through these conversations we see other people in his life and how they are dealing with similar things. One of these friends is this incredibly gorgeous woman who we learn is actually a trans woman. She wants the love of her mother, and after confronting her learns she will never get it back. After nearly drinking herself to death she comes to a realization that she wouldn't be here if someone didn't love her, and that is how she moved on. We also see close to the end a Spanish man who just wants the love of his friends back after both them and himself were shot in a firing line during the Civil war but somehow he managed to survive but they didn't.
There is so much more to this book, there is a whole bit that compares Bobby Kennedy trying desperately to hold his family together, to our Bobby. There is a whole bunch of scientific related themes regarding their dad, a scientist who worked on the atom bomb, and so much more. People will be finding things about this book for a long time to come.
Overall just an amazing work from McCarthy.
I was so disappointed with this book. I've loved McCarthy's other books, especially the landscapes, but this is just interminable philosophical monologues from secondary characters. Lots of words.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
After almost 400 pages I still have no idea what was going on. I found the dialogue impenetrable and the sections with page after page in italics hard to read.
Not for me.
Not for me.