It is not often that I read a book after I've already seen the film based on it (unless it's Stephen Kind, I'll always read Stephen King). In this case my calculation was great film = great book. And I had never read any McCarthy before, so it was high time, anyway.Firstly, I had to get over the writing style. I'm not good with anything reading in slang. Any slang. In this case the gerund 'g' disappeared (no ' to replace it, either), "don't" became "dont" etc. But once I got over that I fell right back into the story. So deep in that I once missed my subway stop. This never happens.
It is amazing how close the Coens stuck with this text. They really did the book justice. Obviously, there were changes in the transition from book to film. The ending was cut, when the book went on quite a ways after the climax. In the book, there is no question whether Chigurh killed Calra Jean after the coin toss.
I realize that this is not much in terms of an actual review (it's rather messy).
Anyway...read this!
8/10
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