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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
challenging
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Som jag våndades över den här recensionen! Dels hela "hur ska jag kunna ta tillbaka allt jag sa om "The Road" och "The Outer Dark" och om att McCarthy inte var för mig"?-grejen. Dels hela "visst var det den här romanen alla andra tyckte var sämst?"-grejen. Jag hade försvar för varför jag gick igång på allt det pretentiösa, filosof-namedroppandet ("Sofies värld var en av de första icke-deckarna jag läste som barn!"), jag highlightade alla stycken som fick mig att le för att de var så snygga, funderade på hur jag skulle förklara hur jag avgudade Alicia (trots att hon inte äter). o.s.v. o.s.v.
Sen var det 40 sidor kvar och Cormac gjorde sig helt brutalt tillkänna igen.
J-kla äckelgubbe (får man kanske inte säga om någon som gått bort nyligen...?)
Det är som med "Sockerormen"; En etta eller femma-bok, båda lika nära till hands - förutom att Smirnoff redan hade vunnit mitt hjärta med sina tidigare böcker, till skillnad från gubben.
Det blir en tvåa för att han inte ska dra ner mitt medel allt för mycket. (och för att det var så fint så länge det varade....)
Sen var det 40 sidor kvar och Cormac gjorde sig helt brutalt tillkänna igen.
J-kla äckelgubbe (får man kanske inte säga om någon som gått bort nyligen...?)
Det är som med "Sockerormen"; En etta eller femma-bok, båda lika nära till hands - förutom att Smirnoff redan hade vunnit mitt hjärta med sina tidigare böcker, till skillnad från gubben.
Det blir en tvåa för att han inte ska dra ner mitt medel allt för mycket. (och för att det var så fint så länge det varade....)
challenging
dark
funny
reflective
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
“And rage is only for what you believe can be fixed. All the rest is grief.”
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Brilliant dialogue. I was quite lost in the first book - too much action and meandering. Almost like a Forest Gump epic life. But this one is just two people in dialogue. The audiobook is great. Can't wait to see where the third book in this trilogy goes.
I don't understand much of what Alicia is talking about, she's a brilliant mathematician. But her unsettled mind has her so troubled, can't make sense of all she knows. Or thinks she knows.
I don't understand much of what Alicia is talking about, she's a brilliant mathematician. But her unsettled mind has her so troubled, can't make sense of all she knows. Or thinks she knows.
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A worthy companion to The Passenger that is a testament to the genius of McCarthy.
While not as strong as The Passenger in my opinion, this book is a great complement to The Passenger by giving more insight into the Juliet (I guess) of this weird love story. The story follows Alice shortly before her suicide referenced in the Passenger and is told through a series of conversations with a psychiatrist writing a paper on her. It is implied that Alice is in Stella Maris (a mental institution) due to the anticipated death of her brother and lover Bobby Western (hence the Romeo and Juliet comparison (I don't know if this is intentional or not, but I wouldn't put it past McCarthy)). The conversations are winding and interesting as the reader and the psychiatrist together attempt to figure out how the genius mind of Alice works. Much like The Passenger this book doesn't give much in the way of answers on a first reading. To truly get to the core of this story multiple duel readings of both novels after having read them sequentially seems necessary.
While offering less in terms of story and variety than The Passenger seeing a geriatric Cormac McCarthy write a genius teenager believably is something to behold. Cormac goes deep into mathematics and philosophy here as a way of examining the unconscious and the foundations of the universe and life. The insights of Alice and by extension McCarthy are riveting and leave me in awe of the mind of the greatest American writer (in my uneducated opinion).
While not as strong as The Passenger in my opinion, this book is a great complement to The Passenger by giving more insight into the Juliet (I guess) of this weird love story. The story follows Alice
While offering less in terms of story and variety than The Passenger seeing a geriatric Cormac McCarthy write a genius teenager believably is something to behold. Cormac goes deep into mathematics and philosophy here as a way of examining the unconscious and the foundations of the universe and life. The insights of Alice and by extension McCarthy are riveting and leave me in awe of the mind of the greatest American writer (in my uneducated opinion).
Wow. Have to gather my thoughts, other than this and "The Passenger" are absolutely two parts of one whole, and should be read as such.