“Ok, couple of questions. First of all, why the title: No Country For Old Men?Secondly, what do you think happened to our main villain? I think he crawled off into a hole and died after the stoners ran into him.I like the irony of him being hit by some kids who were high.Thirdly, what up with Sheriff meeting with the villain's dad? How could he even find him if he didn't know who he was?Fourthly, who was it that ended up with the money? Was there some vital insight that I missed?”
“In some ways (I have not seen the movie yet) I can't help but feel that there can be nothing original in the movie except a good shoot 'em up film. What I do get from he book--and this holds true for all of the McCarty books I have read--is that these are events that no matter how cliché modern cinema has made them, no matter how unreal it is that the average citizen would find himself or herself in a post apocalyptic world, in Mexico being chased by Federales, or in a motel getting shot up by drug men, no matter how unreal this may sound, McCarthy makes it seem like it could happen to us tomorrow. His characters are everyday people gong through extraordinary circumstances--yet they are tangible and very, very real.”
“I watched the movie. I liked it, but there were certain questions that I had. Finished the book yesterday. My questions have been answered. Now I LOVE the movie. lol The book was GREAT!”
“i,m not reading this book but i watch film that has same name. i don,t know they have same story or no? but that film which taken The oscar in 2007, was very beautifull.”
“I enjoyed the concise writing style, (which reminded me of a less poetic Elie Wiesel) but the lack of information made me slow down to figure out what was going on. Or rather, who was doing the actions as the use of pronouns instead of names was frequent. I think this added to the reading experience, but I'm not sure. I saw the movie first, which partially helped me understand what was happening, and partially hurt because Chigur is different in the book than in the movie and I had trouble getting away from the movie concept of him.Sherrif Bell's portrayal made me empathize with him far more than any other character, probably because he's the only one who seems to connect with the reader directly.”
“strong and powerful!!!! yea a great one. ”
“I could not get into this book which is very unusual for me. I have put it aside for a try another day.”
“Near as I can figure, "parabellum" means something along the lines of "military issue" -- "para-" meaning "for" and "bellum" meaning "war.""You need to put that in your files."”
“I was struck by the stark evil that pervades the story described without a need to invoke religion or mysticism. I think the description of the plain common details of life together with the evil action is what really left me with a real fear of Cormac McCarthy (This guy is seriously scary). I think he successfully showed that a person with a droll everyday life can be subjected to the same crushing uncaring violent fate as someone who lives loudly in the modern metropolis. ”
“While I agree that this is not McCarthy's best book (that would have to go to Blood Meridian or The Road) I am a bit amazed at your vehemence! I mean, you've got Steinbeck on your shelf; talk about "mind numbing attention to detail". Do yourself a favor Aspicco, don't EVER read Faulkner; I honestly think it might kill you... ”
