Todos los hermosos caballos
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- Author：Cormac McCarthy
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Amos O'Henry
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I don't know。。。they call it genius， THE American novel etc etc。 I tried to work out why， it might just be me， but the half page and longer sentences describing plants and rocks and sky and horses and the conversations in Spanish left me cheesed off at times。 His descriptions of country do have a sort of cadence that reminds me of The Iliad and some of Hemingway， but he is much less successful when describing actions。 It is just。。。muddled。 At times I gave up making sense of it and just skipped se I don't know。。。they call it genius， THE American novel etc etc。 I tried to work out why， it might just be me， but the half page and longer sentences describing plants and rocks and sky and horses and the conversations in Spanish left me cheesed off at times。 His descriptions of country do have a sort of cadence that reminds me of The Iliad and some of Hemingway， but he is much less successful when describing actions。 It is just。。。muddled。 At times I gave up making sense of it and just skipped sections。 I got used to the lack of punctuation and breaks and chapters， but also found it an easy way out in many ways。 He writes for himself， not the reader， in my opinion， and at times it really irritated me， even though the story and the characters were at times gripping。 I will try again with part 2。 I liked The Road even with its bleakness， this one I'm not so sure about。 。。。more
Nicolas Name
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 All the Pretty Horses is a book written by Cormac McCarthy that follows two Texan teenage boys riding on their horses into Mexico， after one of the 16-17 year old boys learns that his father has died and prior to his father dying， his mom and dad got a divorce a few weeks before， and that he has to leave the ranch， since it would be sold。 So he essentially flees away into Mexico， where he finds another teenage boy （about 3 years younger than him） with a prettier horse whose an extremely good sho All the Pretty Horses is a book written by Cormac McCarthy that follows two Texan teenage boys riding on their horses into Mexico， after one of the 16-17 year old boys learns that his father has died and prior to his father dying， his mom and dad got a divorce a few weeks before， and that he has to leave the ranch， since it would be sold。 So he essentially flees away into Mexico， where he finds another teenage boy （about 3 years younger than him） with a prettier horse whose an extremely good shot， and all three of the boys go into Mexico together。 Problems in Mexico start when there is a thunderstorm， which freaks out the 13 year old， who had previously been hit by lightening。 He panics， strips of his clothes in order avoid having an metal on him， and hides out the storm essentially naked。 He wakes up the next day， and his horse （and his gun which was on his horse） and his clothes are missing。 They find that some Mexican people have his horse in a town close by， and he goes in there and gets the horse， and gets chased off。 The other two boys and him split at this moment， since he can ride faster than two。 The two boys then go into another town， where they settle down for about 3-4 months。 Here， the main character begins work breaking in horses， a job he is good at， and falls in love with the daughter of the owner of the place。 Her grandma tells him to stay away from her daughter， essentially， when they are seen together。 The boys are taken to jail， where the other boy has been for at least a few weeks， with a foot injury。 It’s discovered that the boy killed 3 people when on the run for stealing back his stolen horse。 They are then transported to a prison， where the police captain kills the boy， before the two arrive。 The prison there is totally lawless， and the boys there get in multiple， extremely violent fights， and both end up stabbed （in two separate knife fights） and the main character kills the person who tried to stab him。 They are bought out of the prison by the grandma。 The other character leaves back to Texas。 The main character goes back for the girl he fell in love with。 Her grandma tells him to not see her and goes into this super long and kind of irrelevant story to the plot that tmi。 He tracks down the girl， and the girl meets him for a day， after he tells her he loves her。 They exchange stories of what has happened to them since， but the girl ultimately decides to leave the next day as planned， rather than run off with him。 The boy goes on a weird， pretty unbelievable rampage of taking the police captain and fighting all sorts of people， and then somehow ends up in Texas， where a judge let’s him off free despite the kidnappings and whatnot。 I like Cormac McCarthy’s descriptions of the desert， which is often poetic and interspersed in the story。 I didn’t find the story dark or meaningful， and found that it lacked a theme， and the ending was unbelievable and rather bad， in my opinion。 I found the story， despite some of the other reviews to the contrary， to be a light， cowboy novel， that’s not deep at all - it’s like watching an average mindless cowboy movie， except most of this cowboy movie takes place in Mexico， rather than the US。 The ideas in the novel are barely even in there， so thematically， there’s barely a point， besides entertainment。 I found parts of it entertaining。 If someone is looking for depth， they’re going to be disappointed here。 Also， not everyone would find this type of book entertaining。 If you aren’t in the mood for a cowboy movie， then this isn’t a great book to read。 。。。more
Jack Vandercar
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Conrad McCarthy is a fantastic author， and this book solidifies that
Stefanie Jones
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Anne Shealy
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A powerful book with images that will stay with me for quite some time。 This is one I need to read again because there is just so much there。
Chad Patterson
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McCarthy’s writing style is so unique， and it sucks you in。 All the Pretty Horses is no exception to this。 The story of John Grady Cole and his friends is told through screen play like dialogue and set in a beautifully described southwestern landscape。 Think pink sunsets and burnt orange accents over cactus silhouettes and cowboy hats。 I would highly recommend anything by Cormac McCarthy。
Joseph Stockert
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Cowboys， hell yeah。
Grace Epstein
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As a person growing up in the 50’s and 60’s， I found this book to embody every single blessed cliche of the American Western mythology including riding off into the sunset to find a place to call his own at the end。 McCarthy had to make him a teenager and set it in the late forties to make the hyper morality of the main character to work in the 21st century， but that’s the only new element here。 Every plot device， every twist and turn is pure John Wayne。 This is the founding myth of white Americ As a person growing up in the 50’s and 60’s， I found this book to embody every single blessed cliche of the American Western mythology including riding off into the sunset to find a place to call his own at the end。 McCarthy had to make him a teenager and set it in the late forties to make the hyper morality of the main character to work in the 21st century， but that’s the only new element here。 Every plot device， every twist and turn is pure John Wayne。 This is the founding myth of white American male dominance。 No wonder it was sooo popular。 。。。more
Alberto Molina
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Creo que es el tercero que leo de este hombreEmpieza como un western simple， pero segun avanza la historia se hace más oscuro。 La historia en si no es una locura， no es revolucionaria。 Aun así， los personajes y las descripciones hacen que sea muy fácil de imaginarse todoMe gustan las historias del salvaje oeste porque son simples， sabes que esperar y el marco me parece interesante。 Este libro añade un poco más y por eso le doy 5 estrellas
Gabriel
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Man。
Emily
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Loved this
Gale Ebie
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The first book of the Border Trilogy， All the Pretty Horses is set in 1949， between the frontier lands that separate Texas from México， McCarthy introduces the legendary John Grady Cole when he is barely sixteen years of age。 His grandfather has just died and the ranch is being sold。 Instead of living in town， the boy starts a journey of personal growth that will bring him face to face with the harsh violence of life among bandits， cowboys and outlaws。 He and his best friend Lacey Rawlins decide The first book of the Border Trilogy， All the Pretty Horses is set in 1949， between the frontier lands that separate Texas from México， McCarthy introduces the legendary John Grady Cole when he is barely sixteen years of age。 His grandfather has just died and the ranch is being sold。 Instead of living in town， the boy starts a journey of personal growth that will bring him face to face with the harsh violence of life among bandits， cowboys and outlaws。 He and his best friend Lacey Rawlins decide to ride to Mexico and they find work with horses on a ranch。 He falls in love with Alejandra， the owner's daughter。John Grady has a gift working with horses。 and begins to make a wage breaking in the wild horses of the surrounding areas。 One quote in the book is “"What he loved in horses was what he loved in men， the blood and the heat of the blood that ran them。 All his reverence and all his fondness and all the leanings of his life were for the ardenthearted and they would always be so and never be otherwise。"Cole and Rawlins get arrested falsely and sent to a prison。 John Grady， in self defense kills another inmate and badly wounded himself。 They get released and Rawlings heads back home while Cole goes back to the girl he can’t have。 Cormac McCarthy’s writing contains a lot of Spanish dialogue， none of which is translated， which makes it difficult in places。 He also dislikes using punctuation and commas。 It is excellent in the first part of the book， and gets depressing in the latter half。 His writing style makes “Horses” funny， tragic， scary， violent， beautiful， dark in a way only a great writer can do。 。。。more
Ben
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not a review just quotes> **"*You still seeing the Barnett girl？ He shook his head。 She quit you or did you quit her？ I don't know。 That means she quit you。 Yeah***> > *"I could still be born。 I might look different or somethin。 If God wanted me to be born I'd be born"*> > "*A goodlookin horse is like a goodlookin woman， he said。 They're always more trouble than what they're worth。 What a man needs is just one that will get the job done。"*> > "*John Grady didn't answer。 He was still looking down not a review just quotes> **"*You still seeing the Barnett girl？ He shook his head。 She quit you or did you quit her？ I don't know。 That means she quit you。 Yeah***> > *"I could still be born。 I might look different or somethin。 If God wanted me to be born I'd be born"*> > "*A goodlookin horse is like a goodlookin woman， he said。 They're always more trouble than what they're worth。 What a man needs is just one that will get the job done。"*> > "*John Grady didn't answer。 He was still looking down the road where she'd gone。 There was nothing there to see but he kept looking anyway。"*> > **"*She probably dates guys got their own airplanes let alone cars。 You're probably right。 I'm glad to hear you say it。 It dont help nothin though， does it。"***> > **"*She smiled at him a pitying smile and there was no pity in it。"***> > "*Do you think they mean anything？ （dreams） She looked surprised。 Oh yes， she said。 Dont you？ Well。 I dont know。 They're in your head。 She smiled again。 I suppose I dont consider that to be the condemnation you do。"*> > "*A woman's reputation is all she has"*> > "*I'll do anything you say。"*> > **"。。。*The lushness of her black hair falling over him and no caution to her at all。 Saying I dont care I dont care。"***> > "*Their parents sent them for these ideas no？ And they went there and received them。 Yet when they returned and opened their valises， so to speak， no two contained the same thing。"*> > "*He sat on his bunk in the dark with his pillow in his two arms and he leaned his face into and drank in her scent and tried to refashion in his mind her self and voice。"*> > **"*If one were to be a person of value that value could not be a condition subject to the hazards of fortune。 It had to be a quality that could not change"***> > **"***It is supposed to be true that those who do not know history are condemned to repeat it。 I dont believe knowing can save us。 What is constant in history is greed and foolishness and a love of blood and this is a thing that even God - who knows all that can be known - seems powerless to change。**"***> > "*This horseman was very young and he rode a wonderful horse but among his fears was the fear that God would kill him with lightning and because of this fear he lost his horse in the desert。*"> > "*。。。What he saw in his dream was that the order in the horse's heart was more durable for it was written in a place where no rain could erase it。*"> > "*。。。 He said that it was good that God kept the truths of life from the young as they were starting out or else they'd have no heart to start at all。*"> 。。。more
Gerald H
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This is an excellent book。 Excellent characters。 Uneven plot。 The romance never came through in a convincing way。 The ending was good， including the portrayal of life with its highs and lows。 It is extremely well written， typical os Cormac McCarthy。
Ian
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wonderful writing all the way， loved the arc of the story， and the horses and putting me in that time and place
Ru
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4。5*The audiobook narration for this really kicks it out of the park。 The descriptions and narrative was intense and compelling by itself， but Frank Muller as the narrator reads it with such poetic cadence that I could have listened all year。 I have the next book in the trilogy as an ebook and I'm interested how it will feel with my inner narrator instead。 4。5*The audiobook narration for this really kicks it out of the park。 The descriptions and narrative was intense and compelling by itself， but Frank Muller as the narrator reads it with such poetic cadence that I could have listened all year。 I have the next book in the trilogy as an ebook and I'm interested how it will feel with my inner narrator instead。 。。。more
Wendy
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"。。。all courage was a form of constancy。 That it is always himself that the coward abandoned first。 After this all other betrayals came easily。"Cormac McCarthy。 Damn。This was my first McCarthy book almost thirty years ago and since reading it， one of my greatest gifts to myself is reading a Cormac McCarthy book。Having just finished what could be his last book， The Passenger， and wanting more， I have gone back to this gem。 It is even more of everything I remembered。 Breathtakingly beautiful and t "。。。all courage was a form of constancy。 That it is always himself that the coward abandoned first。 After this all other betrayals came easily。"Cormac McCarthy。 Damn。This was my first McCarthy book almost thirty years ago and since reading it， one of my greatest gifts to myself is reading a Cormac McCarthy book。Having just finished what could be his last book， The Passenger， and wanting more， I have gone back to this gem。 It is even more of everything I remembered。 Breathtakingly beautiful and true。 。。。more
Mike
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4。5！
Henry Paxton
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3。5
Nathan O'Brien
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4。5
Keith
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Another great McCarthy book， with far more interesting characters。 I enjoyed it
Ann Cwik
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Beautiful。
Autumn
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“What he loved in horses was what he loved in men， the blood and the heat of the blood that ran them。 All his reverence and all his fondness and all the leanings of his life were for the ardenhearted and they would always be so and never be otherwise。”
Rob
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Sparse and beautiful writing， as always。 Very much looking forward to reading the other two in the Border Trilogy。
Debbie
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Waiting to read all three books
Jo Howzitgoughin
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I read and enjoyed the prose and the story captivated me and the ties to history sent me down wikipedia rabbit holes。
Griffin
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It’s hard to describe what makes this McCarthy book special because at face value it comes of as a pretty straight forward Western。 It comes down to his unrivaled mastering of the English language and the grim， whimsical feeling that permeates every page。 A simple story told with the deftest of touches。 A definitive American novel。
Wes H
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I mean it's kind of boring but I like it。 More of a grey outlook than other mccarthy books， the characters are good guys who end up in various glorious or glum situations。 Characters are really special to me， I'd reread it just for them。 I mean it's kind of boring but I like it。 More of a grey outlook than other mccarthy books， the characters are good guys who end up in various glorious or glum situations。 Characters are really special to me， I'd reread it just for them。 。。。more
Denise
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3。5 stars
Kate Fitzgerald
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