I liked McCarthy's use of dialogue, and actually almost all my favorite parts of this book involved dialogue. Other scenes in the book struck me as really strong, especially the ones between Moss and the young hitchhiker he picks up. I think this was meant to be more emotionally moving than it actually was. To me, the pace slowed somewhat as the Sheriff becomes more introspective about his life and his failure to really make much of a difference in the world. If you are averse to books having uplifting messages or sugarcoating real life issues, no fear of that here. Sometimes a few more words are actually needed.
I really like McCarthy's writing style in general although I am knocking off a star because I found myself a little confused about who was doing what at a couple of points. The prose is very tight and actually ratchets up the tension in a plot that is already filled with tension.
We have 13 read-alikes for No Country For Old Men, but non-members are limited to two results. The book features some of the things that made me love The Road so much. from McCarthy’s sprawling neo-Western No Country For Old Men. About this book A cross between Daniel Woodrell and Annie Proulx, Wyoming is about the stubborn grip of inertia and whether or not it is possible to live without accepting oneself. No Country for Old Men focuses on a drug deal gone wrong and features three main protagonists: a sheriff (Bell), a man on the run with a boatload of drug money (Moss), and a psychopath who is attempting to recover the money (Chigurh). Published in 2005, McCarthys novel is a greatly written story of an old sheriff trying to cope with the senseless evil he witnesses, and both the author and.
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