No Country for Old Men

SNORE. This book was so disappointing! D: I've never read a “western” style book and this wasn't exactly a good introduction to the genre. The whole time I was reading it I was thinking “show, don't tell!” The majority of the book was written like “he did this, and then he did this and then this happened”. That kind of writing is so dull and does not hold my attention AT ALL. I like books that go into the characters' minds at least a little bit but this book was mostly action-based. It made the characters seem flat to me. The only thing I sort of liked was that the author played with formatting. The book was in third AND first person and he also utilized dialects pretty well. The no-quotation mark thing was a little questionable though. Sometimes I had a hard time keeping up with conversations and forgot who was talking. I thought I would like that the book was partially about a serial killer because serial killers are fascinating (Devil in the White City anyone?) but NOPE. I found him pretty boring and he didn't have much dialogue or many “scenes” that stood out to me. I can already tell that I will like the movie better than the book because the book was written like a movie! At least the movie will probably have some interesting visuals and good acting.