Blume knows the way kids and teens speak, but her two female leads are less credible as they reach adulthood. I liked McCarthy's use of dialogue, and actually almost all my favorite parts of this book involved dialogue. Caitlin, determined never to be ordinary, is always testing the limits, and in adolescence falls hard for Von, an older construction worker, while Vix falls for his friend Bru. Other scenes in the book struck me as really strong, especially the ones between Moss and the young hitchhiker he picks up. I think this was meant to be more emotionally moving than it actually was. To me, the pace slowed somewhat as the Sheriff becomes more introspective about his life and his failure to really make much of a difference in the world. If you are averse to books having uplifting messages or sugarcoating real life issues, no fear of that here. Sometimes a few more words are actually needed.
I really like McCarthy's writing style in general although I am knocking off a star because I found myself a little confused about who was doing what at a couple of points. The prose is very tight and actually ratchets up the tension in a plot that is already filled with tension. The book features some of the things that made me love The Road so much. While the novel encompasses big themes that define. No Country for Old Men focuses on a drug deal gone wrong and features three main protagonists: a sheriff (Bell), a man on the run with a boatload of drug money (Moss), and a psychopath who is attempting to recover the money (Chigurh). No Country for Old Men, a novel by Cormac McCarthy published in 2005, focuses on a drug deal gone wrong.
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