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To nie jest kraj dla starych ludzi

Cormac McCarthy

4.05 AVERAGE

theonlyopinion's review against another edition

4.0

Emotional Impact: 3.5
World Building: 3.5
Characters: 5
Plot: 4.5
Prose: 2.5
Enjoyment: 3.5

Good/Bad: Good

Rating 3.75

historyofjess's review against another edition

3.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I was really surprised how closely the film had adapted this book, right down to a lot of the very dry, memorable one-liners...and then, when it got near the latter half, it started to deviate from the movie and I understood why those parts didn't make it into the film.

For starters, the narration of the sheriff that weaves in and out of the early part of the book begins to take over in the later half (up until the final pages where that's all it is) and that is just really rough old man yelling at cloud stuff. I get that's literally the title of the book but I think the idea of society leaving its elders behind is far more interesting when its less didactic and when the guy yammering on about it keeps griping about people with "green hair and bones through their nose." Yikes.

Second, McCarthy is definitely one of those older white dude writers that should maybe just no write women...and frankly, most of the time he doesn't and the book is better for it. There's only a few women in this book and when they aren't teenagers (one of whom, it's stated, was 16 when she got married three years ago to a now 36-year-old character—blech), they're dutiful women that are largely praised for what great wives they are...not characterization really to speak of, just "what a great wife."

Credit for being a really taught thriller when it's not doing those intensely boring and predictable things.

lelathecat's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Love the noir vibe and the dark storytelling. Good characters and love to hate the villain in particular.

ixmael's review against another edition

4.75

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

enken's review against another edition

2.5

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kdbug11's review against another edition

2.0

dark tense medium-paced

I have read other books by this author and went in knowing it would be bleak, but it all just felt pointless, which was maybe the point. But really, it wasnt for me.