256 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780330474801
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 10 December 2010
Description
By Cormac McCarthy, the author of the critically acclaimed Border Trilogy, Outer Dark is a novel at once mythic and starkly evocative, set in an unspecified place in Appalachia sometime around the turn of the century. A woman bears her brother's c...
Community Reviews Summary of 782 reviews
Moods
challenging 49%
mysterious 49%
tense 42%
sad 38%
reflective 22%
emotional 19%
adventurous 17%
funny 1%
Pace
medium 42%
fast 10%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 50% | A mix: 23% | Plot: 23% | N/A: 2%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 46% | No: 43% | Yes: 9%Loveable characters?
No: 73% | It's complicated: 26%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 53% | It's complicated: 21% | Yes: 17% | N/A: 7%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 74% | N/A: 9% | No: 9% | It's complicated: 6%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Child death, Incest, GoreModerate
Murder, Racial slursMinor
Animal death
256 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780330474801
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 10 December 2010
Description
By Cormac McCarthy, the author of the critically acclaimed Border Trilogy, Outer Dark is a novel at once mythic and starkly evocative, set in an unspecified place in Appalachia sometime around the turn of the century. A woman bears her brother's c...
Community Reviews Summary of 782 reviews
Moods
challenging 49%
mysterious 49%
tense 42%
sad 38%
reflective 22%
emotional 19%
adventurous 17%
funny 1%
Pace
medium 42%
fast 10%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 50% | A mix: 23% | Plot: 23% | N/A: 2%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 46% | No: 43% | Yes: 9%Loveable characters?
No: 73% | It's complicated: 26%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 53% | It's complicated: 21% | Yes: 17% | N/A: 7%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 74% | N/A: 9% | No: 9% | It's complicated: 6%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Child death, Incest, GoreModerate
Murder, Racial slursMinor
Animal death