All the Pretty Horses Second Reading

My second reading of All the Pretty Horses was from page 30 to page 59.  I’m really liking the book now.  John Grady and Rawlins are on their journey to Mexico.  I’m not quite sure what they hope to find there, but I guess they probably just want to get away from the problems at home.  A new major character, Jimmy Blevins, joins the quest in this section.  John Grady doesn’t seem to care much about him though does defend him once.  Rawlings on the other hand dislikes him, as can be seen by his talking down to him and calling him names.  At this point Rawlings is my favorite character. He’s funny and he’s a lot less serious than John Grady, though I’ve nothing against him.  In contrast I find Blevins to be overconfident, too prideful, and rather annoying. 

Since my last reading I’ve gotten a lot more used to McCarthy’s style.  Not using quotation marks for dialogue has a cool effect because it feels like the story flows more smoothly because there is less separation between narrative and dialogue.  It also makes you feel more involved in the story than if there were quotation marks.  I’m not totally sure why but I think it does. Anyway the story is getting good and I’m excited to see what will come next.