960 reviews for:

Stella Maris

Cormac McCarthy

3.87 AVERAGE

jesslenc's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

charliesolon's review

3.0

dark emotional reflective sad 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

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Beautiful prose but I felt like it tried to be too clever. 

pgentili's review against another edition

2.0

dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bmack's review against another edition

4.0

reflective fast-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

benjaymon's review against another edition

5.0

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Brain hurts

pegasusjones's review against another edition

4.0

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

angus_mckeogh's review against another edition

2.0

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Reminded me of a Nicholson Baker book because the entire novel took place in one location and revolved around one event. Seems like this was extraneous storytelling from The Passenger and was likely cut by the editor so McCarthy had it published as a separate piece. For me it didn’t work in either scenario. The entire narrative was a conversation between a psychiatrist and one of his self-committed patients: a woman who worked as a mathematician and desired a sexual relationship with her brother. That’s it. Surrounded by a bunch of existential fluff and padding. Not the best McCarthy in my opinion.

painofboredom's review

5.0

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Fuck my life

zeibeat's review against another edition

5.0

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Stella Maris is the epilogue of 'The Passenger'. While it is directly connected to Bobby's story, it is a beast on its own that can be attacked as a standalone masterpiece story. The book is a raw transcription of the therapy sessions Alicia gets in Stella Maris, following McCarthy style where there's no words beyond what the two characters say, no descriptions, no "then Alicia says", no nothing.
Get ready for a deep text, sometimes witty, sometimes sad with a lot of maths, metaphysics, philosophy and psychology and an unbeatable reflection about the conscious and the unconscious mind. A hell of a ride

jackmiossi's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-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