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Dete božije by Nikola Matić, Cormac McCarthy, Cormac McCarthy

29 reviews

kennedyevermore's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This book was tough to get through. There wasn’t much of a plot and I hated the lack of quotation marks. There was some cool descriptions and I liked the themes of isolation but it wasn’t enough to make this book super enjoyable for me.
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dcllins's review against another edition

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challenging dark funny tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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oreo944's review against another edition

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0.5

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micko319's review against another edition

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dark sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

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benjiaprout's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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terriblelynne's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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bakerreads's review against another edition

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dark sad
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opeyer's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Cormac McCarthy's Child of God is the kind of novel you find yourself in such a death grip with when you read it due to its immersive qualities and breezy writing that you will take the entire novel in with a very limited amount of sittings, but with weeks in between due to needing a bit of a breather. It is a bizarrely cozy experience with an extremely morbid and horrific story to tell, and although it never really does anything mindblowing, it is utterly fantastic. Brisk and fully envisioned, think of this as a very tight 90 minute movie which is directed to perfection. A decent place to start with Cormac.
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djay5's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

'Child of God', Cormac McCarthy's third novel chronicles the descent of Lester Ballard, an unemployed, unwelcome, underling within society. Written in purple prose, heavily influenced by the works of Faulkner, McCarthy aims to answer whether morality is flowered from within oneself or a facade constructed by society fixated on a politeness to mask its underlying violent tendencies. 'Child Of God' is a powerful, albeit disjointed analysis of dehumanisation, with the writer moving effortlessly from poetic prose which chronicles Ballard's existence to a more journalistic descriptions of Ballard's past from unnamed spectators. Gritty, pessimistic and often unflinchingly violent, McCarthy provides a robust analysis of the dangers of isolation and the blossoming of violent tendencies.
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