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A review by joshua_williams
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
4.0
Not a outlandish tale of western adventure everything feels grounded and real.
No crazy train robberies or saloon shoot outs just young men riding out to Mexico to find work , and finding trouble as well.( action does find its way into the story)
If I had one critique it's a coming of age story where I'd often forget the main characters age. He acts, like a man , is treated like a man (for the most part) and never seems to go through much growth and always "reckons" to do the right thing and acknowledges its not always the smart thing.
If you pressed me for a second I'd say the setting is just after ww2 and I'd never would, have remembered that if trucks weren't mentioned a couple of times.
I love our main cast and there interactions felt genuine I appreciate that this story doesn't get as dark as some of McCarthy's other works and still has great impact.
I'd suggest this book on its own merits regardless of the trigoly (haven't read the others)
No crazy train robberies or saloon shoot outs just young men riding out to Mexico to find work , and finding trouble as well.( action does find its way into the story)
If I had one critique it's a coming of age story where I'd often forget the main characters age. He acts, like a man , is treated like a man (for the most part) and never seems to go through much growth and always "reckons" to do the right thing and acknowledges its not always the smart thing.
If you pressed me for a second I'd say the setting is just after ww2 and I'd never would, have remembered that if trucks weren't mentioned a couple of times.
I love our main cast and there interactions felt genuine I appreciate that this story doesn't get as dark as some of McCarthy's other works and still has great impact.
I'd suggest this book on its own merits regardless of the trigoly (haven't read the others)