tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568342056330504573.post1262979440990550905..comments2023-09-17T04:49:08.190-06:00Comments on DAVID J. WEST: The Counselor and Characternephite blood spartan hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17092519999184585295noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568342056330504573.post-55020190935151499482014-03-13T12:08:03.460-06:002014-03-13T12:08:03.460-06:00Watch it if you feel like it Todd, but don't e...Watch it if you feel like it Todd, but don't expect greatness.nephite blood spartan hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17092519999184585295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568342056330504573.post-26512495801609045952014-03-13T10:40:18.258-06:002014-03-13T10:40:18.258-06:00Well, sorry to hear this. I was looking forward to...Well, sorry to hear this. I was looking forward to seeing it as well. Now I'm wondering if I should waste the time.Todd B. Vickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09458339485515819645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568342056330504573.post-52406272521500424712014-03-12T12:46:38.948-06:002014-03-12T12:46:38.948-06:00That's how I read "The Road" too Pau...That's how I read "The Road" too Paul = audio.<br /><br />For Cormac, it has the "best" ending though I still felt we were left hanging quite a bit, but I get it.nephite blood spartan hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17092519999184585295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568342056330504573.post-24927358182727349282014-03-12T12:25:43.808-06:002014-03-12T12:25:43.808-06:00I've seen (not read) No Country for Old Men. T...I've seen (not read) <i>No Country for Old Men.</i> That definitely had an unsatisfactory ending for me.<br /><br />My only other exposure to Cormac McCarthy is <i>The Road</i> - I listened to the audiobook.<br /><br />I liked the story - grim as it was. I thought it had a very satisfactory ending - such as you described from Farland. The Man did his noble deed; he kept his boy alive and taught him to survive so he could manage on his own when the time came.<br /><br />The thing that rubs me wrong about McCarthy is that - yes - he doesn't use quotation marks. I understand he's a lyrical, powerful writer and all - but why does he get away with such a flaunting of language basics?<br /><br />Any of us submitted a manuscript without quoted dialog would get the trashbin treatment immediately.<br /><br />I guess he impressed someone the first time?<br /><br />I had noticed, at the time, that the audiobook for <i>The Road</i> not only had a narrator credit, it also had a director credit, which I had never seen before. I am guessing that is because someone went through the book for the narrator noting which sentences were dialog and belonged to which character so the reader would get it straight.<br /><br /><br /><br />Paul R. McNameehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13498380385001618758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568342056330504573.post-52905433400510472822014-03-12T11:28:57.306-06:002014-03-12T11:28:57.306-06:00I really wanted to like it, but it just didn't...I really wanted to like it, but it just didn't deliver.nephite blood spartan hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17092519999184585295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568342056330504573.post-70206928486615854642014-03-12T05:54:31.622-06:002014-03-12T05:54:31.622-06:00Sorry to hear this really. I had hopes for it but ...Sorry to hear this really. I had hopes for it but didn't see it originally because I also had fears. McCarthy is certainly not an easy writer to like.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com