The most highly overrated piece of literature (and author) ever.
>Terrible writing. >Plot is literally a bunch of rottin' tootin' cowboys riding from town to town raping, murdering and being unnecessarily cruel to animals and people >Nothing is learned from reading this book >The occasional good 1-2 paragraphs of prose, the rest is variations of "and they rode on through town x and across the long dusty streets and did X and killed Y and killed niggers and nigger and and and and and and and and *breathes* and and and nigger.
Is this the absolute best Americans can do?
Dominic Howard
didnt read the second half huh?
Robert Nelson
it is awful
anyways read melville mcelroy if you want something newer
Ethan Diaz
Really makes you think
Charles Phillips
back to harry potter
Angel Russell
well, when you put it like that yeah the book is kinda shitty. I like it, not love, but like it. However, i'll honestly admit that the majority of this book is describing the mexican landscape and how the hicks go about riding, walking, or camping in it.
I feel the themes were sorta catchy, but it's definitely not McCorncob's best work by a long shot. I'd still read it over anything by Woolf.
Jayden Adams
>Not Russians.
Isaac Turner
Apologise.
Justin Williams
"nothing is learned from reading this book"
When ye read like a pleb ye shall die like a pleb. The man spat.
Ayden Cruz
I'm only halfway through it but I LOVE it. It's really amazing how McCarthy's prose is able to make such bleak and horrible things sound almost kind of beautiful.
I love how (so far) it's just this tale of constant violence and misery happening with these shitty people, it really captures this atmosphere of pure awfulness but without being just a generic psychopath/horror story.
The climactic parts such as the first encounter with the savages, and also the story Tobin tells to The Kid about The Judge saving everyone by making gunpowder before they were attacked by the savages at one point were some of the most gripping and exciting experiences I've had with a book recently.
I feel like with each chapter the books is practically daring you to keep going, but it's also extremely rewarding because there's always a payoff to the more "slow" parts.
>inb4 spoilers
I already spoiled some of the most major stuff, so it's too late for that.
Ian Torres
weak bait, sage and move on
Colton Campbell
>it's a Judge picks up a cannon and blasts red skinned niggers episode
The way McCarthy describes the desert actually made me want to tke a trip to the northern narco filled part of my country.
Jonathan Ramirez
>I LOVE it Same.
What are other authors like McCarthy?
Chase Harris
Shoulda read Suttree
Jonathan Mitchell
Similar but very different, read Warlock my dude
Andrew Scott
D- Apply Yourself user!!!
Warlock
Suttree is so dank
Asher Hernandez
The atmosphere is great in the book, loved it.
I learned the Indians weren't just dindus
John Price
kek
Adrian Reed
This book is awesome. You're probably missing a lot, or aren't in a position where you're interests are aligned with what Cormac is offering so you don't appreciate it.
Hudson Phillips
McCarthy's writing style has been compared to Faulkner.
Samuel Hall
So, s4s found us when these garbage threads pop up so often?
Justin Lewis
>spits
Adam Diaz
>Plot is Stopped right there, plot-reading scum.
Dominic Miller
Lonesome dove is less po-mo and pretentious, but good nonetheless.
Asher Rivera
shit this sounds fucking right up my alley, thanks user.
Lincoln Lee
you aint nothin *spits* ye
Owen Baker
I don't understand how you can't at least enjoy the Biblical styling of the prose, it's beautiful.
David Gray
I don't like it. I need speech marks. I hate unnamed protagonists, it's a meme trope I fucking hate so much.
