Submitted by Crylo_Wolf t3_10omyay in books
No country for old men is one of my favorite books ever made, period. Including one of my favorite movie adaptations. I’ve read Cormac McCarthy since I was a freshman in high school, first being Blood Meridian (another phenomenal read, definitely recommend).
Me reading it at a young age probably got to me more for me being young, but still years later it still manages to frighten me sometimes. I don’t know how to describe it, I’ve read many horror titles, which scared me more than this book, but No Country For Old Men is one that still surfs through my brain from time to time. Not because of the violence and thrills, just because of Anton Chigurh himself.
In the movie he isn’t too different from the book, but he’s more calm and melodic to his killings, and seems to give no emotion at all. The book isn’t too different, but what he is like when he kills people is way more unsettling to me. The book makes Anton seem like a deranged lunatic, the movie makes him seem as if death took form of a person. Just the thought of that there are people like that are out there is terrifying, and makes me stay up at night with the lights on sometimes. This is the best part of the story, Anton steals the scene when his part comes in through words on a page, that no other villain has ever done.
All in all, this book does get to me sometimes, but I love reading it. I read it about 10 times a year because it isn’t exactly long. If you haven’t read a McCarthy book, I 100% recommend it to anyone interested.