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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
A beautiful main story annoyingly disturbed by strangers walking into the protagonist’s life and telling way too long mini-stories. 50-100 pages less would’ve made it just as good as the first in the trilogy.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-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:
Yes
Wasn't quite as fascinated with this book as the first in the series.. the characters, in this case brothers, seemed quite dull at times, even for a Cormac McCarthy novel. In the middle of the book I found myself really uninterested in their journey. Luckily the end has some sentimental moments that gave it enough momentum to propel me into the last part of the trilogy.
I am at a season in my life where I feel drawn to books written in the past. There’s something thought-provoking about stories either written decades ago or set in a historical time period. Cormac McCarthy is an exceptional storyteller. His scene descriptions and character development pulled me right into this emotional story.
The Crossing, part two of The Border Trilogy, is a western novel that follows young Billy Pelham on three life-changing journeys across the New Mexico border into Mexico. At age 16, Billy and his father have been tracking a pregnant wolf. Billy captures the wolf by himself and spontaneously decides to take her back to the mountains in Mexico where she can reunite with her kind. This is such an unimaginable journey for a boy embarking on manhood. Billy is resourceful and faces challenges with courage.
Billy returns to his home in New Mexico to find an unexpected tragedy has taken place. He and his brother, Boyd, age 14, set out on their journey to Mexico to retrieve the family’s stolen horses. The boys encounter dangerous people as well as forge alliances. Young Boyd falls in love with a Mexican girl and embarks on a new adventure. Billy returns to New Mexico where he works and saves money with a goal of bringing Boyd and his girlfriend home. He also makes several attempts to enlist in the Army as the second world war commences.
Now, Billy is 20 years old and has the resources he needs to return to Mexico to find his brother. He meets other travelers along the way who provide him with necessities. He searches and finds people who had met his brother. This portion of the story reminded me of the beginning when Billy was tracking the wolf; at the end he was tracking his brother.
On each of these journeys, the travelers are met by a variety of people. I enjoyed the authenticity of these characters. Some were intimidating, careless, and violent. While others were compassionate, helpful, and resourceful. This story repeatedly broke my heart. It’s an emotionally heavy read, filled with tragedy and suffering. While also being a beautiful story. I suppose I have this reaction because McCarthy repeatedly offers hope in the story but doesn’t quite deliver. There isn’t a man on horseback riding off into the sunset in this ending.
I purchased the audiobook from Audible with perfect narration by Richard Poe.
I have photos and additional information that I'm unable to include here. It can all be found on my blog, in the link below.
A Book And A Dog
The Crossing, part two of The Border Trilogy, is a western novel that follows young Billy Pelham on three life-changing journeys across the New Mexico border into Mexico. At age 16, Billy and his father have been tracking a pregnant wolf. Billy captures the wolf by himself and spontaneously decides to take her back to the mountains in Mexico where she can reunite with her kind. This is such an unimaginable journey for a boy embarking on manhood. Billy is resourceful and faces challenges with courage.
Billy returns to his home in New Mexico to find an unexpected tragedy has taken place. He and his brother, Boyd, age 14, set out on their journey to Mexico to retrieve the family’s stolen horses. The boys encounter dangerous people as well as forge alliances. Young Boyd falls in love with a Mexican girl and embarks on a new adventure. Billy returns to New Mexico where he works and saves money with a goal of bringing Boyd and his girlfriend home. He also makes several attempts to enlist in the Army as the second world war commences.
Now, Billy is 20 years old and has the resources he needs to return to Mexico to find his brother. He meets other travelers along the way who provide him with necessities. He searches and finds people who had met his brother. This portion of the story reminded me of the beginning when Billy was tracking the wolf; at the end he was tracking his brother.
On each of these journeys, the travelers are met by a variety of people. I enjoyed the authenticity of these characters. Some were intimidating, careless, and violent. While others were compassionate, helpful, and resourceful. This story repeatedly broke my heart. It’s an emotionally heavy read, filled with tragedy and suffering. While also being a beautiful story. I suppose I have this reaction because McCarthy repeatedly offers hope in the story but doesn’t quite deliver. There isn’t a man on horseback riding off into the sunset in this ending.
I purchased the audiobook from Audible with perfect narration by Richard Poe.
I have photos and additional information that I'm unable to include here. It can all be found on my blog, in the link below.
A Book And A Dog
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
4.5 stars. Listened to the audiobook beautifully narrated by Richard Poe.
Such great writing and dialogue: atmospheric with a quiet urgency and full of tenderness, beauty, grief and humour.
Such great writing and dialogue: atmospheric with a quiet urgency and full of tenderness, beauty, grief and humour.
adventurous
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character