Like 60% through. Just when it was getting a bit meandering, Mccarthy brought back my favorite character and used them for one off scenes that played like a Revenant-esque survival story. This is one of the best American novels I have ever read. I know thatā€™s not a new take.
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Apr 1, 2024

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First time trying Cormac McCarthy. I was inspired by a podcast host who read Blood Meridian.
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i read this novel last year. it had a big impact on me and quickly became one of my favorites. itā€™s about a man who decides to leave his privileged life/family in favor of living an ascetic life as a fisherman on a river in Tennessee. its description of alcoholism and being black-out drunk has stuck with me, and thereā€™s a scene describing a bar fight thatā€˜s so theatrical. generally though i appreciate how this protagonistā€˜s isolated lifestyle is told through the details of his life - i just thought the book was so beautifully written, funny, sadā€¦ i read his novel Outer Dark after this one and it was OK but Suttree rules.

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