All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

All The Pretty Horses

The Border Trilogy #1

Cormac McCarthy with Frank Muller (Narrator)

10 hours, 1 minutes • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional slow-paced

Description

All the Pretty Horses - the first volume of the Borders Trilogy - 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 companio...

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Moods

adventurous 84%
reflective 53%
emotional 50%
dark 42%
sad 35%
tense 26%
challenging 25%
funny 8%
mysterious 7%
hopeful 6%
inspiring 3%
relaxing 3%

Pace

medium 50%
slow 45%
fast 3%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 52% | A mix: 40% | Plot: 6% | N/A: 1%

Strong character development?

Yes: 71% | It's complicated: 15% | No: 10% | N/A: 2%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 59% | It's complicated: 23% | No: 13% | N/A: 4%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 52% | No: 29% | It's complicated: 14% | N/A: 3%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 55% | No: 22% | It's complicated: 20% | N/A: 2%

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