[AnotherCat]

I am about a third of my way through now. It is hard for me to say that it is a book to enjoy in the "it is a happy story" manner, but in the sense of its style, story and apparent honesty (so far) I do like the book. My dictionary is getting a workout as McCarthy uses (apart from the Mexican Spanish) some interesting word usages and twists on those in metaphors.

Where it is leading to I do not know but the story carries well for me so far. I suspect the book would be unattractive to those who subscribe to the noble savage and the golden era views of history, and disturbing for those of an exaggerated wokiness leading to a hatred of characters of long past uncomfortable history or who are squeamish; but I don't think such things should detract from considering a work as good literature, especially if it is honest as this book seems to me to be so far.

The book came to mind to me with reference to the sun mainly due to its Evening Redness in the West subtitle and the little I knew about it, but I am impressed by the many references to "westwards", "twilight", "dusk" etc. An example snip that has stuck in my mind is "Itinerant degenerates bleeding westward like some heliotropic plague".