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Cormac McCarthy

4.05 AVERAGE

inevitablewill's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jaysdeda's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

camiguess's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 66%

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Just not for me, I love this author and was enjoying the story but moved onto the next as I lost interest and got busy!

jackdkennedy's review against another edition

4.5

challenging tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

lennyjentz's review against another edition

2.0

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Does a book need to be divided into 13 parts?

j_fxy's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

garetharogers's review against another edition

4.0

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Another excellent read of Cormac McCarthy. I’d love to say that I enjoyed it as much as The Border Trilogy but it was “spoiled” because I had seen the movie years ago so I knew the story. I still enjoyed it but I think the impact would have been greater without that knowledge. For example, I imagine that reading the scene of Moss’ murder, brilliantly told in retrospect, without knowing it was coming would have been terrific.

I particularly enjoyed reading the dialog between Llewelyn and Carla Jean. Such brilliant prose to make clear to the reader exactly how deep their love for each other is without a single word of affirmation or tenderness. Superb.

A wonderful book. I just wish I hadn’t seen the movie beforehand so I could fully appreciate it.

grizzzzle's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

josephkavinsky's review against another edition

2.0

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i listened to 90% of this book as an audiobook when i couldn’t sleep. i put it on and played “supermarket simulator” for hours at a time, and the narrator did a really great southern accent. i wouldn’t have read this book as a book, myself. the grammar bothered me a lot. the last 10%, i forgot about it for weeks and then decided to stop trying to look for the timestamp i left off and read the rest in a night. there were a few good scenes and interesting sentiments but also, a lot of sentiments that… were not interesting. or worth the pages they took up, really. i wasn’t super interested in most of this book. it was okay. if i had to sum it up, it retained my interest more than i expected, but also did sound like listening to my dad complain at times

greglives's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes