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Ratings28
Average rating3.9
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Ratings28
Average rating3.9
A woman bears her brother's child, a boy, the brother leaves the baby in the woods and tells her he died of natural causes. Discovering her brother's lie, she sets forth alone to find her son. Both brother and sister wander through a countryside being scourged by three terrifying strangers, toward an apocalyptic resolution.
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I don't even know what to say, it did remind me of The Road, and is not a happy time. I did read this because someone had it on a psychological horror list and hmm. I'd say grimdark for sure.
It's impossible to argue with McCarthy's prose, and the thudding dread of this is exquisite. It doesn't quite reach the heights of some of his other work for me, but still fantastic work here.
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