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Title: Not Good.
Review: I LOVE McCarthy's older work, but this book just feels like crummy popular lit - checkout stand quality. Pretty surprising considering the depth of some of his previous novels - like "The Orchard Keeper" or "Blood Meridian." It feels like McCarthy whipped out this book with no real thought to crafting serious, nuanced prose or characters with any sort of real complexity. I'm surprised to see this kind of quality from one of my favorite writers. I'm sure the money from the movie rights is good - but if you have to write this kind of junk to appeal to Hollywood, it's a shame. This book feels like a sellout. Here's hoping McCarthy gets back to some serious writing soon - he's like no one else when he's really on.
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