The Passenger

Cormac McCarthy is one of my favourite authors. The Road might be my personal favourite book, and Blood Meridian and No Country For Old Men are not too far behind. I was really saddened to hear of his recent passing, and it pushed me to finish this book sooner than later.

I picked up The Passenger shortly after it was released last year, and I was excited to read a book of his upon its release. It starts off with a pretty intriguing premise, but it quickly becomes sort of aimless musings that I didn't completely connect with. There are some effective conversions and I just like the cadence and tone in which McCarthy writes, but I had a hard time focusing on this book which is why it took me 6+ months to finish.

I'm still interested in the follow up to this book, and digging more into McCarthy's backlog, but I'm hoping for more next time.