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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “A far sadder book than the first in the trilogy (All The Pretty Horses), The Crossing tells the tale of a sad decade of Billy Parham's life. At certain times, there's suspense. At others, McCarthy tells the future with a single sentence. This can seem odd, but grounds the book in reality - you...” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “Way too much of a downer. Difficult to read because of almost nonexistent punctuation and because of interspersed Spanish (well, except if you read Spanish).” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Excellent! Introduces one of the integral characters in the series' final volume.”
Leif wrote this review Tuesday, September 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The story picks up where All The Pretty Horses left off. It is a vast panorama of an arduous journey that leaves the reader at times overburdened and yet hooked on the characters and the rest of the story. As with McCarthy's stock-in-trade writing, his characters leap off the page and leave the reader exhausted, envigorated, frustrated, hot and thursty, and always wanting more. This book is a difficult and enlightening journey - a genuine Odessy - full of rich insights to the history and culture of Mexico and the character of the entire region. The story is a tribute to persistence and dogged determination to keep on going on when all seems hopelessly lost. I loved the book.”
Pete F wrote this review Wednesday, August 5 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Good book but not my favorite Cormac”
Erica A wrote this review Saturday, July 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“wow; loving this ...”
Lisa wrote this review Sunday, June 21 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I really loved The Road and found All The Pretty Horses also very interesting. The Crossing is more desolate, lonely and dark, I thought.
JudithAnn wrote this review Tuesday, April 28 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The book is all about Billy Parham, a young cowboy who lives with his family in New Mexico. He travels across the Mexican border several times, for different reasons. If the first reason, returning a captured wolf back to its homelands, isn't desparate enough, it gets worse!
I enjoyed the main story, but found some of the sub-stories (related by older people he meets on the way) less interesting.
The book ends when Billy is at his lowest eb. But I still do want to read the final book in this series!”
“Brilliant. Read All the Pretty Horses first.”
Jason M wrote this review Tuesday, March 24 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Excellent.”
Peter C wrote this review Friday, February 27 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No1 of 1 members found this review helpful“A far sadder book than the first in the trilogy (All The Pretty Horses), The Crossing tells the tale of a sad decade of Billy Parham's life. At certain times, there's suspense. At others, McCarthy tells the future with a single sentence. This can seem odd, but grounds the book in reality - you don't expect a fairy tale ending.
Paul wrote this review Sunday, February 15 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The first 50 pages captivated me. I don't think the rest of the book quite lived up to that, as it turns into something of a dream or nightmare, but the atmosphere was incredible, and the story fascinating to follow nonetheless.
One note: There are several small portions in Spanish (a language I don't speak). These can be read through/skimmed, and their meanings gleaned. For the best experience, however, print out a copy of the translations from McCarthy's website. Unfortunately, the quality of these translations is somewhat lacking. Many small pieces are missing or out of order. I loved this book, but found this quite frustrating.”
“I didn't like this as much as All the Pretty Horses, The Road, No Country for Old Men or Blood Meridian.”
Andrew S wrote this review Friday, December 5 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
1 of 1 members found this review helpful“What I love about Cormac McCarthy's books is his ability to describe, in a very detailed manner, what the characters do and say without making judgements. He leaves that up to you, the reader.
Harry B wrote this review Wednesday, October 29 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
In this book he brings to live the story of two brothers growing up on a ranch in New Mexico and what happens to them.
McCarthy's view of human nature in his books from the ones I've read is rather bleak. Allthough many of the people the brother's meet are kind and helpfull at the end of the day the characters are capable to dispicable behavior. For me the end of this novel is key to the main characters development throughout the story and as such a very valid commentary on the human struggle. How to hold on to your values in a unforgiven world. His descriptions of the landscapes are very good. You can see the land through which the characters travel come to life.
This is the second book in the border trilogy. All the pretty horses being the first. I highly recommend both of them and am looking forward to reading the third:
Cities of the plain.
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