The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy

The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain

The Border Trilogy #1-3

Cormac McCarthy

1040 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction adventurous reflective slow-paced
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Beginning with All the Pretty Horses and continuing through The Crossing and Cities of the Plain, McCarthy chronicles the lives of two young men coming of age in the Southwest and Mexico, poised on the edge of a world about to change forever. Haun...

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Community Reviews Summary of 215 reviews

Moods

reflective 88%
adventurous 77%
challenging 55%
emotional 55%
sad 55%
dark 44%
tense 44%
mysterious 22%
hopeful 11%
informative 11%
inspiring 11%

Pace

slow 66%
medium 33%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 66% | A mix: 16% | N/A: 16%

Strong character development?

Yes: 83% | It's complicated: 16%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 100%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 66% | Yes: 33%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 80% | Yes: 20%

Average rating

4.41

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