252 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780330511223
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 01 January 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 761 reviews
Moods
challenging 48%
mysterious 48%
tense 42%
sad 38%
reflective 23%
emotional 21%
adventurous 17%
funny 1%
Pace
medium 43%
fast 9%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 50% | Plot: 25% | A mix: 22% | N/A: 2%Strong character development?
No: 46% | It's complicated: 43% | Yes: 10%Loveable characters?
No: 74% | It's complicated: 25%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 56% | It's complicated: 17% | Yes: 17% | N/A: 7%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 73% | N/A: 9% | No: 9% | It's complicated: 7%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Child death, Gore, IncestModerate
Murder, Racial slursMinor
Animal death
252 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780330511223
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 01 January 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 761 reviews
Moods
challenging 48%
mysterious 48%
tense 42%
sad 38%
reflective 23%
emotional 21%
adventurous 17%
funny 1%
Pace
medium 43%
fast 9%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 50% | Plot: 25% | A mix: 22% | N/A: 2%Strong character development?
No: 46% | It's complicated: 43% | Yes: 10%Loveable characters?
No: 74% | It's complicated: 25%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 56% | It's complicated: 17% | Yes: 17% | N/A: 7%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 73% | N/A: 9% | No: 9% | It's complicated: 7%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Child death, Gore, IncestModerate
Murder, Racial slursMinor
Animal death