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Am I the only one that thinks it's a bit overrated?

>> No.12489809

the Judge is pretty badass dude

>> No.12489810

>book that singlehandedly made it impossible to write an unironic Western story ever again
>overrated

>> No.12489813

It's my favourite book, I love the prose and the pacing of the story
definitely read Moby Dick and Paradise Lost first though, they'll allow you to enjoy the book much more than if you didn't

>> No.12489815

>>12489779
this guys prose is like half of the edgy shit you see in a lit writing thread sounds like an emo teenager wrote it

>> No.12489817
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>>12489779
It's the only book I've read three times.

>> No.12489819

>>12489779
a lot of plebs attach to it because of the prose and the violence, to the point that its getting a bit annoying

still good though, wish they'd make it into a 4 hour movie and use the alt title "The Evening Redness in the West"

>> No.12489827

>>12489819
maximum cringe also there is no "the"

>> No.12489848

>>12489827
>also there is no "the"

Scroll up.

>> No.12489850

>>12489827
Anon, come on now.

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>>12489827

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>>12489819
Christopher Nolan should direct it while on PCP. He has a gift for weird dialogue.

>> No.12490467

>>12489779
No but It's still very good.

>> No.12490486

>>12489813
someone watched that yale lecture video

>> No.12490655

>>12489779

BM is cool and all but Suttree is the real MVP.

>> No.12490774

Name one lit character smarter than the Judge

>> No.12490782

>>12490774
The Kid

>> No.12490803

>>12490655
This
BM has really pretty prose but Suttree has a certain charm that cant be found in a pure western

>> No.12490804

>>12490782
The Kid's wiser, not smarter.

>> No.12490919

>>12490803
Also, who could ever imagine the mcCarthy could be so funny. I laughed more reading Suttree than during most 'comic novels'.

>> No.12491000

>>12490919
Blood Meridian is pretty funny too

>> No.12491327

I read Blood Meridian first and loved it, been marathoning Mccarthy all month. Read Child of God, Outer Dark and No Country For Old Men next.

I really like his Appalachian stuff because I grew up and live an hour from Knoxville.

Which book should I save for last out of the ones I've not read? Any I should skip entirely?

Any similar authors? I already read all of David Ray Pollocks stuff, he's def in the same neck of the woods

>> No.12491473

>>12490486
Is this worth watching?

>> No.12491677

>>12490919
>>12491000
No Country was funny too but I thought the characters were a bit TOO wise-ass for my tastes.

>> No.12491709

>corncob tortillas yecarthy
>good
the kid got on his mule and they rode unto the the cornfields under the watery redness of the sun and over the arroyo and he reached into his saddlebag and drew out some flatbread made of corn and ate it and wiped his mouth and they rode on
that flatbread was good he said
what
I said that flatbread was good
ok

>> No.12491840

>>12489779
It's very good but certainly not deserving to be on the top 100 list.

>> No.12491909

>>12490782
>>12490804
>Associated with the four of cups.
>Symbolizes a lack of internal reflection and indecisiveness.
>Wiser.

>> No.12491991

>>12490782
But the kid, in the end, loses to the Judge.

>> No.12492030

>>12491327
Tennessee? Im from clarksville

>> No.12492044
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>>12491909
>Symbolizes a lack of internal reflection and indecisiveness.
indecisiveness yeah, but lack of internal reflection are you fucking retarded? look at the fucking card.
also, indecisiveness vs impulse, which is wiser?

>> No.12492566

>>12489779
yes dumbass

>> No.12492824

>>12489779
Lots of people on lit seem to think it's overrated but I think it's mostly because their taste doesnt align with the writing style or plot structure. It's my favorite book.

>>12490486
The Moby-Dick similarities are hard to miss, if you've read both.

>>12491473
Yeah the chick knows what she's talking about.

>> No.12492831

>>12491327
The Border Trilogy is a fuckin banger if you like Westerns. The 2nd one (Crossing) is somehow darker than Blood Meridian.

>> No.12492833

>>12491327
Don't sleep on All the Pretty Horses. Some beautiful writing. I used this one to get my Mom into Cormac. Not in a bad way, she was a little major and knows some shit about writing, and really liked it.

The Road is his most basic book vocab wise, fast read and pretty dark at points. But no amazing long sentences and new words.

>> No.12494099

>>12490085
Sam Peckinpah should direct it but he is dead.
McCarthy loved The Wild Bunch

>> No.12495185

>>12489819
Split into 2 or 3 movies? Nobody has the attention span for 1 long movie.

>> No.12495221

>>12489779
It's the best book I've ever read

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>>12489779
It's not as fine as either Suttree or The Crossing (which /lit/ underrates for whatever reason) but it is great. In a way it's an awesome re-imagining of Moby Dick but what's cataloged is vigilante violence (as opposed to cetology) with an undefeatable 'whale' that's an evil combination of Goethe and Alexander von Humboldt.

>> No.12495476

>>12492833
Not him, but I just got All the Pretty Horses, can't wait to start it.

>> No.12495813

>>12492030
Hour east into NC. Dark hills and cool valleys


>>12492831
Thinking about diving into it after I finish the orchard keeper

>> No.12495853

>>12490782
>>12490804
The Kid is a legit brainlet who just goes with the flow and only cares about his own life

>> No.12496909

>>12495853
>The Kid is a legit brainlet who just goes with the flow and only cares about his own life
that's partly true, the kid's stupid, but that's why it's astonishing that he stands up to the judge. nobody in the book offers a counter perspective to the judge. the kid can't even articulate why he disagrees with him. but that doesn't mean the kid is not wise. not very wise, i grant you, but wiser than the judge.