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re: Cormac McCarthy books are awesome
Posted on 5/20/25 at 11:38 pm to When in Rome
Posted on 5/20/25 at 11:38 pm to When in Rome
I just finished Outer Dark, which I loved. I've read all his books except The Orchard Keeper and Suttree. I'm reading Charles Bukowski's Factotum right now, but I'm thinking about The Orchard Keeper next. The font in my copy of Suttree is a little small for my eyes, so I'm putting off reading it until last.
Posted on 5/23/25 at 6:07 pm to cfish140
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Not sure if I’m going to read Cities on the Plain or not.
I really liked Cities of the Plain - one of my favorite CM books. Loved Suttree, too.
Posted on 5/23/25 at 6:44 pm to Sharlo
I ended up quitting the crossing with about 100 pages to go. I was just kinda burned out on the western stuff after reading Empire of the Summer Moon, All the Pretty Horses, and The Crossing all in a row. Was ready for a genre switch
Posted on 5/27/25 at 5:54 pm to cfish140
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Read blood meridian last year and didn’t appreciate it until I found myself thinking about it a lot weeks after I had finished it. Its one of those that stuck with me which makes it great
Finished All the Pretty Horses last month and absolutely loved it. However, I’m reading The Crossing now and it’s a slog. I’m about 2/3 done and ready to be done with it. Not sure if I’m going to read Cities on the Plain or not.
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It's a trilogy. Cities is good enough on anyone's spectrum to warrant seeing a trilogy through to the end.
Posted on 5/27/25 at 7:07 pm to deltadummy
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Cities is good enough on anyone's spectrum
Honestly, disagree. I love Cormac, and difficult books. But the idea that Cities of the Plain is for everyone is absurd. People should read what they like. And I say that as someone who has read Cities of the Plain twice, and could possibly manage a third time. But it is absolutely not for everyone.
Posted on 5/27/25 at 7:54 pm to Tigris
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Honestly, disagree. I love Cormac, and difficult books. But the idea that Cities of the Plain is for everyone is absurd. People should read what they like. And I say that as someone who has read Cities of the Plain twice, and could possibly manage a third time. But it is absolutely not for everyone.
Disagree. My admonishment is based on the fact that he/she has already read the first two. It's a trilogy finale, and a Cormac trilogy at that, and should be given the effort by any well-bred respecter of literature.
But to each their own.

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