Cities of the Plain - McCarthy
I said I wasn't going to read it. I lied. I just can't NOT finish a trilogy. Besides, it said it brought the two main characters together from the first two novels. Surely that would make for a good novel.
I should have stuck with my gut. I actually finished Cities of the Plain a week ago or so, but it was so incredibly forgettable that I didn't write a review. I'll just say this:
I didn't like the third any more than the second and it was only for love of the first that I even finished the trilogy at all. Maybe I am just too set on finding redemption where there isn't any, or finding hope when all is lost, or believing that all of Mexico just cannot be evil...
I'll just suffice it to say that All the Pretty Horses was a good book, a good movie (in my opinion) and the rest need to just sit on the shelves and collect dust.
I should have stuck with my gut. I actually finished Cities of the Plain a week ago or so, but it was so incredibly forgettable that I didn't write a review. I'll just say this:
I didn't like the third any more than the second and it was only for love of the first that I even finished the trilogy at all. Maybe I am just too set on finding redemption where there isn't any, or finding hope when all is lost, or believing that all of Mexico just cannot be evil...
I'll just suffice it to say that All the Pretty Horses was a good book, a good movie (in my opinion) and the rest need to just sit on the shelves and collect dust.
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I'll stick with Harry Pottah.
And I am staying away from The Road. Another blogger told me to, explicitly. I trust her, even though she loved it.