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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
Secondo capitolo della Trilogia della Frontiera, Oltre il confine è, come quasi tutti i romanzi di McCarthy, una storia di formazione. La storia di un ragazzo in un'America che sembra lontana millenni, che vive su filo de rasoio, piena di guerra e rivoluzioni, con banditi, contadini miserrimi, figure leggendarie, animali al pascolo e vita selvaggia appena al di là di una sottile barriera.
Forse un po' faticoso da leggere a causa dei lunghi dialoghi in spagnolo non tradotti.
Forse un po' faticoso da leggere a causa dei lunghi dialoghi in spagnolo non tradotti.
adventurous
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
My god.
I felt like it was a littel bloated in some parts but jesus the ending makes up for it.
The whole read is worth just having the context of the last 4 pages. truely unreal stuff here.
this will sit with me for days.
Ill hold off reading Cities of the Plain until i have digested this... unreal stuff
I felt like it was a littel bloated in some parts but jesus the ending makes up for it.
The whole read is worth just having the context of the last 4 pages. truely unreal stuff here.
this will sit with me for days.
Ill hold off reading Cities of the Plain until i have digested this... unreal stuff
EDIT: Upon reading All The Pretty Horses and rereading this, I have to downgrade my review of this book. The beginning and end are masterpieces but the middle drags. A lot. All The Pretty Horses is overall a better book with more compelling and well-rounded characters, in my opinion.
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I haven't read All The Pretty Horses, but I think I will now that I've come to understand just how beautifully McCarthy writes. As far as I know, there's nothing lost by reading this before All The Pretty Horses, although I can't be sure. However, this book did make sense read out of sequence and it was very powerful in its own right. I can't believe it's part of a series because it just simply seems too good: it's very much a book that can stand alone.
Nothing I say about this will match up to the experience of reading it, so I'm not going to say anything more. Read this book.
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I haven't read All The Pretty Horses, but I think I will now that I've come to understand just how beautifully McCarthy writes. As far as I know, there's nothing lost by reading this before All The Pretty Horses, although I can't be sure. However, this book did make sense read out of sequence and it was very powerful in its own right. I can't believe it's part of a series because it just simply seems too good: it's very much a book that can stand alone.
Nothing I say about this will match up to the experience of reading it, so I'm not going to say anything more. Read this book.
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:
Yes
This was the most difficult and emotionally taxing McCarthy book I've read so far. Engaging, beautifully written, and intelligent, but brutal and relentless. It definitely warrants a second read, but I'll not get around to that for a few years.
adventurous
dark
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
cormac mccarthy, here again to ruin ur mood, ur week, ur life. like the guy u rly should just block bc hes gonna just suck ur soul and dim ur spirit and make u tired but hes so damn beautiful when he does it.
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes