Hey there everyone! I finished reading Saramago’s ‘Blindness’ a while ago and… I have to admit that I had to push myself through to finish it, much to the bafflement of many people who consider it a ‘masterpiece’. When I wrote its review, I pointed out how the written style was blocky and nearly a headache to read due to the lack of proper punctuation, paragraphs and so on.
But now I’m sort of curious, what sort of book you thought was ‘overrated’ and why?
Unfortunately, All the Pretty Horses. I’ve read it three times now and I just don’t get much from the experience.
I’m a huge fan of McCarthy’s first five novels, but after Blood Meridian, his style changes pretty drastically and loses a lot of its depth.
The last time I read ATPH, I was reading through McCarthy’s first 10 books (in anticipation of The Passenger/Stella Maris). Going straight from Blood Meridian to ATPH makes ATPH almost read like parody.
Why 3 times? Have you ready his other book even more times, and you were just being fair?
ATPH is the only one I’ve read, and I liked it a lot, so this makes me think I should bump the other ones up in my queue!
That’s odd because I love ATPH but can’t get through Blood Meridian.