Finished reading: The Road by Cormac McCarthy 📚
@paulmccafferty It must be close to twenty years since I read The Road, and I’m still haunted by it. Blood Meridian had a similar effect on me. McCarthy was one of a kind.
@robertbreen I agree entirely regarding The Road. For different reasons, I also really appreciated his last two linked books: The Passenger and Stella Maris. There are passages and moments in each that I still go back to re-visit.
@7robots Oh, that’s good to know about The Passenger and Stella Maris. I put down the Passenger after about 30 or 40 pages. I could not get into the writing style. It felt too indulgent on the part of McCarthy, kind of like he ignore all the rules of writing without any consequence. But, I recall having the same difficulty with Blood Meridian, which eventually turned out to be incredible. I’ll give these final two another chance. Thank you!
@robertbreen I had a similar initial reaction to it, but got over it! by the time I finished the second book, I found the journey so rewarding that it smoothed over those first impressions.
@robertbreen yes he’s a compelling writer. I’ll certainly be reading. Blood Meridian at some point