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I agree McCarthy's style can take some getting used to, but barely explaining and atrocious dialogue? This hurts my heart more than if you had run over my puppy. Why do you feel that he barely explains things and has atrocious dialogue?
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The Chelsea Handler books are really funny if you dig her type of humor. They are short stories so they are a pretty quick read and good bathroom material.
If you read a lot of chick lit, you have probably read or heard of a few books that I enjoyed which are "She's Come Undone" by Wally Lamb and "Love Invents Us" by Amy Bloom. I also enjoyed Elizabeth Wurtzel's "Prozac Nation." I'm thinking those are pretty standard chic lit. I also really enjoyed Frank McCourt's "Angela's Ashes" and his follow up books that I can't remember the names of right now. His brother Malacay McCourt also wrote an autobiography which is very interesting because although he and Frank grew up together their tales of the same events vary. Also, Frank grows up to have more of a shame based personality due to adversities of his childhood, Malacay basically said my childhood sucks and being poor sucks and not being anyone that matters sucks and I'm going to make more of myself. Franks book are better than Malacay's though. I love biographys because...welll, I guess cause I'm nosey.
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When I read The Road, I had barely any clue what was going on (I knew some war thing happened, but what caused it and what were they doing at certain parts?) and the diologue got on my nerves with how they seemed to say the same few words over and over again, and after a while, I just wnated to hear them say something else. In many ways, it reminded me of Book of Eli, with it's post-apocalyptic story and lack of explanation for anything, but that's just me.
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I basically have stopped reading chick lit (it felt like the same story over and over again with unrealistic people, which got on my nerves after a while), but I'll definitely check out Chelsea Handler. |
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Frank McCourt also wrote Teacher Man Oh, I just recently I read Rue Mcclanahan My First Five Husbands...And The One's Who Got Away. Blanche is just precious I tell you, just precious! Obviously autobiographics interest me. Got a secret confession (shuuu don't tell anybody) I read McKenzie Phillips autobio and also Melissa Gilberts. Nothing I really cared about in either, well except in McKenzie's. The dynamics of ABBA and the stuff about Mick Jagger was interesting. I liked the insight into what it was like to be the kid of famous rock stars. As for Melissa Gilbert, she's rather boring. I can't pass up an autobiography at the thrift store!
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Also, the re: the dialogue - we have to remember that the boy is just that - a boy. He's very young, and he's in an impossible situation. Not much room for learning how to be a sparkling conversationalist or how to be more articulate. I think the man and the boy's dialogue is pretty spot-on - they communicate in basics, because basics are what they need to survive. McCarthy has a gift for apt dialogue - check out exchanges in No Country for Old Men, Blood Meridian, Child of God, any of the Border books, etc. All the dialogue styles fit the situations the characters are in, whether they're uneducated, degenerate hill folk in Appalachia or sly Texas lawmen. McCarthy is definitely not for everyone, but hearing his writing put down like that makes me sad panda.
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I understand - his style does take some getting used to, particularly the lack of punctuation we're usually used to seeing. He definitely needs to be approached a little differently than you would approach the average paperback.
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Anyways, moving on, have you ever read Angela's Ashes?
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I'm a Heathen because I watched the Movie before I read the Book. *bows head in shame* I know. Kill me now. I don't deserve life hehe. But it was a good read.
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