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jme985 's review for:
The Crossing
by Cormac McCarthy
Thoroughly enjoyable - but somewhat of a shift from the first in the trilogy.
Moreso than “All the Pretty Horses,” I enjoyed being lectured to at the end in the extremely McCarthy epilogue debriefing moments. I often can go without them and sometimes feel weighed down by the sudden philosophical dump at the end of a McCarthy book, but for the first time I feel like this one added more than what it detracted pacing-wise. What is the thing itself but a place for people to project themselves onto? Boyd’s bones are not Boyd - just as the airplane being towed is not the airplane desired, but they serve the function of placating the mind.
I found Billy to be a more compelling character than John Grady Cole, but in the end I think I still enjoyed “All the Pretty Horses” more.
Moreso than “All the Pretty Horses,” I enjoyed being lectured to at the end in the extremely McCarthy epilogue debriefing moments. I often can go without them and sometimes feel weighed down by the sudden philosophical dump at the end of a McCarthy book, but for the first time I feel like this one added more than what it detracted pacing-wise. What is the thing itself but a place for people to project themselves onto? Boyd’s bones are not Boyd - just as the airplane being towed is not the airplane desired, but they serve the function of placating the mind.
I found Billy to be a more compelling character than John Grady Cole, but in the end I think I still enjoyed “All the Pretty Horses” more.