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If you like Faulkner you’ll like McCarthy.
The only McCarthy I have read -- and it was a horrible slog -- was THE ROAD. I was continually being dragged up out of the story to examine the writing and there's NOTHING I hate more as a reader. Why is this sentence capitalized, when most aren't? Is there significance to this bit of dialogue actually being attributed? Does McCarthy just not bother with editors at all?
Never had that experience with Faulkner.
Ah you just aren’t a fan of McCarthy writing style and that’s ok it’s not for everyone. Best way I can describe it is Cormac McCarthy novels don’t have any bloat, what you see on the page is exactly what he wants you to see and read. It can blend from him describing something to someone talking and if you aren’t used to it than you’ll hate it. You also did kinda jump into the deep end of the pool with The Road. It’s renowned but it’s also a difficult read especially if you haven’t read any of his other works. Try Blood Meridian (it’s extremely violent so be careful) or No Country For Old Men (Book is better than the movie) or even his early works like All The Pretty Horses. As for the Faulkner comparisons it’s more the similarities of southern poetry and southern gothic styles. Similar but also very different.
I found The Road to be relatively straightforward for McCarthy. Blood Meridian was much tougher for me.
Why was tough for you? The violence or the writing style ?