All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

All the Pretty Horses

The Border Trilogy #1

Cormac McCarthy

330 pages • first pub 1992 (editions) user-added

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional slow-paced

Description

All the Pretty Horses tells of young John Grady Cole, the last of a long line of Texas ranchers. Across the border Mexico beckons—beautiful and desolate, rugged and cruelly civilized. With two companions, he sets off on an idyllic, sometimes comic...

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Moods

adventurous 82%
reflective 54%
emotional 47%
dark 44%
sad 39%
tense 29%
challenging 27%
funny 8%
inspiring 6%
mysterious 6%
hopeful 5%
relaxing 2%
informative 1%

Pace

medium 52%
slow 45%
fast 2%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 50% | A mix: 38% | Plot: 9%

Strong character development?

Yes: 72% | It's complicated: 13% | No: 11% | N/A: 1%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 58% | It's complicated: 23% | No: 13% | N/A: 3%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 55% | No: 29% | It's complicated: 11% | N/A: 3%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 53% | No: 23% | It's complicated: 21% | N/A: 1%

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3.84

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