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amandasbrews's Reviews (458)
I was assigned to read this book in high school by one of my favorite English teachers (who is my friend on Goodreads so she may see this -- hello!). Though it was a challenging read at the time, as the style of writing is so unique to this book, I find that this book is one of the books that left a lasting impact on me as a young reader. I was having a book discussion yesterday and brought this one up so I decided to log my feelings on it after all this time.
I find that we often forget that books are a form of art -- it takes vast creativity, dedication and passion to write a novel, and Cormac McCarthy does a beautiful job at reminding us that writing is, in fact, art. This book has all that you want out of a post apocalyptic novel: gore, tragedy, determination, and a small glint of hope. But what really stands out to me in this novel is that it takes place in a post apocalyptic world where all remnants of our abstract society has crumbled to nothing, we no longer tell time, our money has no value, and language itself is deteriorating. And in return, the text of the novel itself has very simplistic writing with little punctuation and very little dialogue. The story being told is so strong it seems to bleed out into the writing on the page. A story so captivating and graphically intense that it cannot be contained it seems to literally be coming out of the pages.
Considering, however, that I read this book 5 years ago and have not since, I am curious to know if I would still enjoy it today, being that I am not a huge fan of biblical books. The context in which I read this book may have boosted my appeal to the book quite a bit -- but regardless the book is very memorable to me, and that is also very important!
I find that we often forget that books are a form of art -- it takes vast creativity, dedication and passion to write a novel, and Cormac McCarthy does a beautiful job at reminding us that writing is, in fact, art. This book has all that you want out of a post apocalyptic novel: gore, tragedy, determination, and a small glint of hope. But what really stands out to me in this novel is that it takes place in a post apocalyptic world where all remnants of our abstract society has crumbled to nothing, we no longer tell time, our money has no value, and language itself is deteriorating. And in return, the text of the novel itself has very simplistic writing with little punctuation and very little dialogue. The story being told is so strong it seems to bleed out into the writing on the page. A story so captivating and graphically intense that it cannot be contained it seems to literally be coming out of the pages.
Considering, however, that I read this book 5 years ago and have not since, I am curious to know if I would still enjoy it today, being that I am not a huge fan of biblical books. The context in which I read this book may have boosted my appeal to the book quite a bit -- but regardless the book is very memorable to me, and that is also very important!