It was the first McCarthy I'd read, and didn't really know what to expect. I didn't even know it was post-apocalyptic. (If I'd known that, I might not have read it because I'd have expected to find it too depressing!) It didn't feel pretentious to me, but that's obviously a very subjective...
My top three of the year (so far!) are:
Fayne by Ann-Marie MacDonald
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
I also loved:
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier
Young Mungo and Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
The Beekeeper of Aleppo by...
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