Reviews with content warning for Gun violence - All the Pretty Horses

Shrouded in the black thunderheads the distant lightning glowed mutely like welding seen through foundry smoke. As if repairs were under way at some flawed place in the iron dark of the world.

He stood at the window of the empty cafe and watched the activities in the square and he said that it was good that God kept the truths of life from the young as they were starting out or else they’d have no heart to start at all.

After adjusting to the style, I found this to be an engrossing and beautiful novel. While much of it has a somewhat brooding tone, there are sections that were laugh out loud funny. One of my favorite parts is John Grady eating his lunch under the tree with the Mexican kids.

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capra's review against another edition

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adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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pbender's review

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reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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scytheria's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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emmonsannae's review

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adventurous hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I really enjoyed this one! John Grady Cole is such an excellent and endearing American protagonist. The characters are beautifully done (as always), and while John Grady’s coming of age is pretty dark, the preservation of his morality and determination gives this novel a concrete hopefulness many of C.M.’s other books lack. The breathtaking prose describing a landscape and a world that even for John Grady is already passing away makes this a bittersweet love letter to the old American Southwest.

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dee_dreams's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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michaelferlazzo's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This was a great book, a bit different from his other works, but it still packs a great story, it takes a bit of time to get into, but, after part 1, the pace picks up to a comfortable speed. The characters felt like real people, and he really takes his time to make every character fully fleshed out. It took about 70 pages for me to get used to the fact that there are no quotation marks, but other than that I have no qualms

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adriennne's review

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3.0

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