A review by tarrowood
Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy

4.0

The two books before in the Border Trilogy finally run together as the lives of Billy Parham and John Grady Cole come together. Cities of the Plain carries the weight that every McCarthy novel bears, but it doesn’t quite hit home until the last 100 pages. Every word is important, but the first 200 pages simply don’t pack as much of a punch as the ending. Which is okay, considering the ending is thoughtful yet desolate in perfect McCarthy fashion. While the weakest of the Border Trilogy books, it still was a great read.