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re: Cormac McCarthy books
Posted on 6/28/22 at 7:47 pm to Jiggy Moondust
Posted on 6/28/22 at 7:47 pm to Jiggy Moondust
I have enjoyed what I've read of him.
You touched on the basics. You probably read more of him than me. I'll need to catch up.
You touched on the basics. You probably read more of him than me. I'll need to catch up.
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Posted on 7/1/22 at 10:07 am to Jiggy Moondust
I read Blood Meridian and Child of God.
Blood Meridian was a difficult read because for some inexplicable reason, he doesn't use or often misuses punctuation in that book. It's weird. He does however have a good sense of history and does well setting the landscape and language.
Child of God is a better written but strange book. It simply tells a tale about a really fricked up hillbilly. It's set in Tennessee in the early 70's. It was an easier read than Meridian and fascinating in how it incorporated incest and necrophilia.
Blood Meridian was a difficult read because for some inexplicable reason, he doesn't use or often misuses punctuation in that book. It's weird. He does however have a good sense of history and does well setting the landscape and language.
Child of God is a better written but strange book. It simply tells a tale about a really fricked up hillbilly. It's set in Tennessee in the early 70's. It was an easier read than Meridian and fascinating in how it incorporated incest and necrophilia.
This post was edited on 7/1/22 at 10:14 am
Posted on 7/2/22 at 9:43 am to Pandy Fackler
quote:I got thrown off several times when he'd bust out 2 full pages of Spanish dialogue.
Blood Meridian was a difficult read because for some inexplicable reason, he doesn't use or often misuses punctuation in that book. It's weird. He does however have a good sense of history and does well setting the landscape and language.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 2:56 am to Jiggy Moondust
in the minority but The Crossing is one of my favorites.
Posted on 7/5/22 at 3:18 pm to iAmBatman
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The Road fricked me up for a while
Yeah, I think it's hard to say you "enjoyed" The Road. Not my favorite.
Posted on 7/8/22 at 8:05 pm to Jiggy Moondust
I read Blood Meridian when I was deployed to Afghanistan, so maybe I had more pressing realistic issues of violence or boredom to deal with than the author's fantasy or the lack of anything enlightening from this novel.
I still don't get the hype. This was the first and only book I ever read by him.
I still don't get the hype. This was the first and only book I ever read by him.
Posted on 7/15/22 at 12:12 pm to Jiggy Moondust
“A man’s at odds to know his own mind ‘cause his mind is aught he’s got to know it with.” (I think that one is from Blood Meridian.)
Posted on 7/17/22 at 9:33 pm to Jiggy Moondust
I’ve been wanting to read his books for a while. Is he difficult to read/get through? Dense language and such?
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