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Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy

15 reviews

charlottevarela's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Child death, Cursing, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs, Violence, Death, Grief, and Blood

Minor: Animal death and Incest

curtiswastaken's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

one of the bleakest, nihilistic books i've ever read and it's the 2nd bleakest, nihilistic book i've read from mccarthy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Child death

Moderate: Cannibalism, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Incest

wasabiapple's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Child death, Incest, and Violence

tfc's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

It's interesting seeing the seeds that would form the storied literary career of Cormac McCarthy. Though none of the sardonic humor and absurd nihilism of Blood Meridian or the familial introspection of his later works is present in Outer Dark, his lyrical prose has the strength of the masters. Outer Dark is a Celtic ballad given novel length and depth and explores the invisible commons and depraved poverty of Southern Appalachia, where time stands painfully still and miracles unfortunately do happen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Incest, Confinement, Pregnancy, Sexism, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Classism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Misogyny

Minor: Stalking, Sexism, Gore, Sexual content, Animal death, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Rape

sbgage's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Incest

eatyourenglish's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Cannibalism, Child death, Violence, and Rape

Moderate: Racism

wayfaring_witch's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The vivid prose is dark and heavy, and made for a difficult and emotional read.  McCarthy's writing style worked really well for this book. 

This is a five star book for me but I would not recommend it for everyone because of the content advisories as well as McCarthy's writing style.  If you are interested in checking him out, I would start with The Road.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Incest, Stalking, Grief, Gore, and Blood

sarahussainn's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

weird book about incest and rituals 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

ruewaller's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest and Murder

sweeneyclaire22's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

This was my favorite McCarthy novel, until I read Suttree.  It leaves you with the same feeling as you experience in a dream.  Even right after I finished it, I couldn't quite recall what happened in it ... the impressions it gives you is more relevant than the plot itself, and personally I like that feeling (though I understand it can be frustrating for some).  Beautiful imagery, a somehow comforting sense of suffering and pointlessness.  If you like Mccarthy's style, this is the one to read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest