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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
Some really great moments in this story, interspersed with a exceedingly frail plot, lead to me giving up 2/3rds of the way through. I love the description of the landscape and it's moods - this is definitely McCarthy's strength. Unfortunately we're never given any hope of knowing any of the characters as they fail to rise from the flat scripts they've been given. To be fair, this is likely a highly nuanced story that would benefit from the reader having a background in US/Mexico history ca the 1950's, as well as a good understanding of Spanish as much of the dialogue takes place in Spanish. Too bad, I loved All the Pretty Horses.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
“… while the order which the righteousness seek is never righteousness itself but is only order, the disorder of evil is in fact the thing itself.”
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
fast-paced
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
tense
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:
Complicated
I dont know how i feel about this one. After reading his first book in this trilogy “All The Pretty Horses” i was more than excited to start the second book. The beginning starts strong but then there are huge areas of extremely slow sections with random little amazing sections sprinkled in. There were more than a few times that i nearly DNFd this one but the small sections of great storyline kept me going. Then the last 80 pages or so go full speed into dark times for the main character and a depressing rate. It ended well but holy hell it got rough.
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The ending is absolutely wonderful, but it comes after what I found to be a very, very slow and plodding book that was not particularly McCarthyian nor particularly engaging.
adventurous
dark
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes