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abernathy_33's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Incest, Mental illness, and Suicide
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Alcoholism, Self harm, and Death of parent
dan_black's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Minor: Mental illness and Suicide
tracytcamp's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
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
christynhoover's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I have liked the author's writing style in earlier work that I've read and I like this one too although occasionally the philosophical and scientific arguments were tedious. Still, overall, I found the work thought-provoking about loss, among other things.
Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
ncghammo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Mental illness and Suicide
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
ivan_tw'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
The Passenger is a good but not exceptional McCarthy novel that has a lot of references and callbacks to his previous work (Outer Dark, No Country for Old Men) while unfortunately never being as strong as those works. The characters are mostly fine, though a few of them - Long John, the Thalidomide Kid - are extremely obnoxious. I eventually started skimming Alicia's chapters because the Kid was so irritating. The story is nice and kept me engaged, though it's unfortunate that the central "mystery", such as it is, becomes such a nonentity. I wasn't expecting it to be solved or anything, but it's pretty much forgotten about 50 pages in. The relationship between Bobby and Alicia is strong and intriguing, but it's sort of a shame that this will probably be McCarthy's last novel and it's mostly him nicking ideas from The Sound & The Fury.
Still curious to read Stella Maris, but this duology may end up one of McCarthy's minor works, which is too bad.
Graphic: Death, Incest, Mental illness, Suicide, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Toxic relationship
tobsi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
Minor: Self harm
davidh12's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Incest, Suicide, and Transphobia