Matt N. (whodeynoble) reviewed All the Pretty Horses (Border Trilogy, Vol 1) on + 9 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
Story of a boy's journey from Texas to Mexico. Involves love, laughter, knife fights, horse thievery. Well written Western novel. I enjoyed this a lot - the main character's development and style of prose are both very well done. Contains some Spanish, without translation.
Helpful Score: 1
Excellent, descriptive, haunting, evocative of a period between times in our country.
Christine J. (FitReader) - reviewed All the Pretty Horses (Border Trilogy, Vol 1) on + 15 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
The "cowboy" has been an exoticized icon that equates masculinity with ruggedness in appearance and simplicity of lifestyle...an idyllic image.
For this Los Angeles urbanite, McCarthy successfully extinguishes this pre-determined image in a brutal tale on the hardships of being and living as a cowboy.
For this Los Angeles urbanite, McCarthy successfully extinguishes this pre-determined image in a brutal tale on the hardships of being and living as a cowboy.
Helpful Score: 1
A very enjoyable read. This is the second book written by Cormac Mccarthy (the first being The Road) and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Has the same gritty, matter-of-fact, real qualities that I enjoyed about his other book.
