Jennifer P. (jenners) reviewed on 3/28/2008 + 121 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 4

I must confess that I had never read a Cormac McCarthy book before and only read this because I kept seeing it everywhere and it seemed to get so much praise. So, without really knowing what it was about, I bought the book and began reading. (Though I must admit, the book jacket did intrigue me.) At first, I was a little put off by McCarthy's writing style, but then it pulled me in and I couldn't put the book down. Very haunting and touching. If you have a child, it adds another layer of feeling as you begin to imagine what you might do in a similar situation (God forbid). As I was reading, I really began to "live" in the world he was describing....like I could see it happening in my mind. Whenever you get that experience when reading a book, you know you are reading a great one. Although I sometimes didn't understand all the words (the author seems to have a huge vocabulary that took me out of the story a few times) and some parts left me a bit unsure about what was happening/happened, this was one of the best and most affecting books I've read in a long while. Highly recommended.

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