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Originally Posted by Chiefspants
Listening to his work via audiobooks was what cracked McCarthy for me. I couldn't get into No Country for Old Men when I tried to read it a few years back but blew through the audiobook. I decided to give his works a yearly listen since.
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Originally Posted by crispystl
You didn't like "No Country for Old Men"?
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Originally Posted by raybec 4
Blood Meridian was so damn good to me. "No Country for Old Men" as well.
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I never read No Country! The Road was my introduction to McCarthy and I was so turned off that I have sworn him off altogether lol
I do like Chiefspants' recommendation of going the Audiobook, though. That may help me.
I am actually in the midst of trying to read through some old classics and sometimes they can be a slog with their old timey prose. I'm currently in the middle of Lord of the Flies, 1984 and My Bondage and My Freedom.
I probably read the first handful of pages of Dracula 10 times before I just said "**** it" and got the Audiobook from the library. Put that bad boy on while I was at the gym and knocked it out in a few days. It was a much better experience (the book ended up being pretty good too).