“I've already given this book a glowing review. However, I must add this: has Cormac McCarthy ever met a woman is his life? Ninety-nine percent of the book was a tour de force, but the one scene with a woman - the wife - was abonimable. "Death is my lover."???? Give me a break. Women don't talk like that. The entire scene felt like it was written by an amateur. First draft. Terrible.
The rest of the novel was brilliant.”
posted Tuesday, February 12 2008