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boring_samizdat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Moderate: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Incest, Suicide, and Death of parent
unboxedjack's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
McCarthy's obviously meditating on the mindless and possibly meaningless minutiae of existence here. He seems to propose that we're passengers in life in general, being torn from one life event to the next without much rhyme or reason. The protagonist is thrown around from situation to situation, seemingly without any actual will. If we have no control over our lives, then what is the point? This could be a nihilistic view, but I disagree. McCarthy is offering us an opportunity to be engaged in the passenger role. We can choose to focus on the things outside of our control and despair. We can focus only on the hedonism of living only in the moment. Both those perspectives make us passive passengers in life. To be active is to embrace the dialectic that the mindlessness & meaninglessness can be both a source of pain, but brilliance, too.
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Eating disorder, Incest, Self harm, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol
emmonsannae's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
“In their recollections dream and life acquire an oddly merging egality. And I've come to suspect that the ground we walk is less of our choosing than we imagine. And all the while a past we hardly even knew is rolled over into our lives like a dubious investment. The history of these times will be long in the sorting, Squire. But if there is a common keel to our understanding it is that we are flawed. At our core that is what we know.”
Graphic: Incest, Mental illness, Suicide, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Cursing, Transphobia, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, and Self harm
marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Violence, Grief, and War
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Incest, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol
Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Death of parent