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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
This is one of the rare example when the movie amplified the novel. I love how the Coen brothers translated the novel well.
So many reviews on how the story inspired them bla bla or how it's actually about Sheriff Bell rather than Llewelyn Moss and Chigurh... Which I find as funny cause some stories aren't about certain person or the main characters at all.
In a subjective world like this is, impression greatly differ and it should not be a big deal.
So many reviews on how the story inspired them bla bla or how it's actually about Sheriff Bell rather than Llewelyn Moss and Chigurh... Which I find as funny cause some stories aren't about certain person or the main characters at all.
In a subjective world like this is, impression greatly differ and it should not be a big deal.
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is the first McCarthy novel I’ve finished (gave up early in Blood Meridian). It’s well-written in terms of bleak atmosphere and capturing the local dialects. I don’t mind bleakness and was expecting morally-complex characters and a grim plot. But this was definitely a “deconstructed” crime novel in that the main action sequences toward the end are glossed over or else told in past tense. So whatever suspense was building along the way is just snuffed out.
And then we go right back to hearing more about the sheriff’s guilt and angst as though the main plotlines didn’t even matter. I feel fairly unsatisfied by this kind of story structure and just didn’t really care about the sheriff’s existential crisis by the end.
Also, if you like well-written female characters, don’t waste your time on this book. All of the women are just accessories to their men.
And then we go right back to hearing more about the sheriff’s guilt and angst as though the main plotlines didn’t even matter. I feel fairly unsatisfied by this kind of story structure and just didn’t really care about the sheriff’s existential crisis by the end.
Also, if you like well-written female characters, don’t waste your time on this book. All of the women are just accessories to their men.
a thrilling read with many layers. it was honestly very hard to digest all of this in one read. maybe I'll revisit someday!
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Easily the most excessable of McCarthy's novel, pretty standard thriller novel. The antagonist of the story was incredibly well written, and really pushed the story forwards.
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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
Uma história bem peculiar, a começar pelo estilo de escrita do autor, confesso que levei um tempo para me acostumar com as falas sem demarcação e a mudança de perspectiva súbita. Ademais, é uma história amarga, não no sentindo de ser uma história ruim, mas no sentindo de ser uma história na qual coisas ruins acontecem o tempo todo. Algumas coisas me incomodaram nesse livro, principalmente o racismo quase explicito contra latinos (mexicanos), e por vezes conversas em um tom muito condescendente e saudosista, quase um "na minha época era melhor", "as novas gerações são fracas", e fica difícil saber se isso é algo da obra ou do autor mesmo, mas enfim, não acho que apaga as qualidades do livro. Os momentos de introspecção do xerife e as reflexões que ele tece com pessoas especificas são minhas partes favoritas do livro. No geral, é uma boa leitura, definitivamente recomendado.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood
dark
tense
fast-paced