A review by booklover129
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

challenging tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I really wanted to enjoy this book more than I did, but I found the story quite hard to follow at times, this made it a very slow read. The fact that it had no speech marks threw me off from the get go, but after that initial surprise I started to get used to it, however the story itself was still quite hard to follow. Although, the parts that I could understand were very good and so I will be watching the film to try and get some a better hold on the story. Overall I’ve been left feeling very conflicted about this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Drug use

this book centred around a man who has stolen money made by drug dealers so although it doesn’t specifically mention drug use graphically there are many mentions of drugs and implied drug use>