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All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)

Cormac McCarthy

Start date: January 1, 2014

Finish date: January 31, 2014

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Oct 07, 2012 Kristel rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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The story is the first book of the border trilogy and it is the story of John Grady Cole, 16 year old boy whose life is coming undone. He wants nothing more than to live on a ranch and be around horses. His parents divorce and his mother sells their ranch and that is the end of ranching. John leaves with his best friend and they take a trip into Mexico. This story takes place around 1948. McCarthy writes beautifully and you can see the land through his prose. His characters are achingly human. T ...more

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Sep 19, 2011 ms.petra rated it really liked it

wow! I LOVE Cormac McCarthy. I love his style of writing. The imagery is beautiful, the language rich and yet sparse. I love this story of a young man coming of age the hard way and realizing what is important to him may be different than what everyone else has in mind. John Grady Cole has the courage to follow his heart. Just a beautiful piece of writing.
one of my favorite lines from the book:
‎"between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting"
The theme of the journey being as important as ...more

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Mar 19, 2012 Pippin rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: re-read, 2012, 20th-century, western, 2017, favorites

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Jul 02, 2015 Rachel N. rated it it was ok

McCarthy's writing style is not for me. The lack of quotation marks and commas drove me nuts. he's also too vague in some parts of the story and then goes into huge details about the landscape. ...more

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