So I've been reading deeper into this book, and I've got to say I find it a bit confusing. All of the talking in this book is without quotations, which I find very hard to follow sometimes. Sometimes I can't tell if the book is narrating or someone is talking. I've made a few inferences about this book. For one, I infer that the main character, Llewelyn Moss, will eventually meet up with the Sheriff of the town, Sheriff Bell, and they team up against Chigurh, who is the main antagonist. Something in my gut tells me this won't happen though, it's just something about this author's writing style. Another inference I made is that Chigurh might go to Llewelyn's house and hold his wife hostage. I think this because in a little bit of dialouge between Sheriff Bell and Llewelyn over the phone, Sheriff Bell hints at the fact that Chigurh might go after his wife.
I still have a couple of questions though:
1) What are the chapters in italics all about?
and
2) What's this thing that Chigurh keeps killing everyone with? The book only touches on what it is, and it's definently not a gun.
That's it for now, back to reading.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
No Country For Old Men
My first blog entry (and pretty late, sorry about this.)
I've been reading through No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy, and it was nothing like I expected. I had the impression this book was about cowboys and such, so you could imagine my suprise when I found out it was actually placed in present day, revolving around a drug scandal no less. So far throughout this book I have noticed that McCarthy has a defined writing style, as most authors do. He tends to create long run-on sentences instead of putting comas or periods which to me gets pretty old very quickly, but in this particular novel I think it works. His writing style flows well, and it's hard to put it down. The conversations in this book seem a lot more "realistic" than others, in the sense that their not always as interesting as in say, Harry Potter or something like that. I think he developed the characters quite nicely, especially the main character. The main character, Llewelyn Moss, has the kind of street smarts that I like to see in a character. He knows how to get out of a tight situation quick, and it's good to see that. For me, it makes it a lot easier to root on the good guy.
One thing I'd like to note on before I get back to reading are the chapters in italics, following every normal chapter. I'm not certain on what the point of this is suppossed to be, maybe it's a flashback of some kind, but hopefully I'll catch the drift later on.
I've been reading through No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy, and it was nothing like I expected. I had the impression this book was about cowboys and such, so you could imagine my suprise when I found out it was actually placed in present day, revolving around a drug scandal no less. So far throughout this book I have noticed that McCarthy has a defined writing style, as most authors do. He tends to create long run-on sentences instead of putting comas or periods which to me gets pretty old very quickly, but in this particular novel I think it works. His writing style flows well, and it's hard to put it down. The conversations in this book seem a lot more "realistic" than others, in the sense that their not always as interesting as in say, Harry Potter or something like that. I think he developed the characters quite nicely, especially the main character. The main character, Llewelyn Moss, has the kind of street smarts that I like to see in a character. He knows how to get out of a tight situation quick, and it's good to see that. For me, it makes it a lot easier to root on the good guy.
One thing I'd like to note on before I get back to reading are the chapters in italics, following every normal chapter. I'm not certain on what the point of this is suppossed to be, maybe it's a flashback of some kind, but hopefully I'll catch the drift later on.
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