I read All the Pretty Horses after the movie came out and found it a bit of a snooze. I never watched the movie because I thought it would be like the book.

enygma | September 9, 2007 8:22 PM

My main issue with Cormac McCarthy is his prose. I want to be eager to pick up a book rather than dread every moment I spend with it. Sometimes, I find it impossible to get past the prose no matter how good the story might be.

marydell | September 11, 2007 10:55 PM

Hi Mary Dell:
Oh, thank Thor someone else can't stand McCarthy. I think his prose is as dense as a hemlock forest draped in fog. It can be a struggle getting through one of his novels -- and can he please get over his punctuation phobia.

Unfortunately, then I read "The Road," which is , regrettably, fantastic -- even if it was penned by McCarthy. You should try it.

I love your site.

GFS3 | November 1, 2007 10:47 PM

I agree about "The Road." I read it this summer and thought it was a very creative book.

Mat | November 7, 2007 12:40 AM