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Murray
is 25% done
Well, I was right about that. I said the way the novel was written made it come across to me like a blend of Huck Finn (due to the dialect style of the first person narration) & Cormac McCarthy. Now it’s full blown McCarthy/McMurtry. Our protagonist has joined the Buffalo 🦬 Soldiers & now it’s war with the Apache & his squad has been ambushed. The writing is fast-paced & it’s impossible to stop reading it.
— Apr 05, 2025 12:33AM
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Murray
is 50% done
That first loving kiss, the one that comes out of you from the source of your personal river, and the one that comes from her that is the same, there's never another moment like it; never another flame that burns so hot. It can never be that good again, ever. All manner of goodness can come after, but it's different. And that's a good thing, because if we burned that hot for too long, we'd be nothing but ash.
— Apr 05, 2025 02:30PM
Murray
is 15% done
So far, somehow a mix of Huck Finn (part of that is because the story is told in dialect) and bit of Cormac McCarthy. McCarthy presence is not because the story is dystopian or particularly violent, but because of its setting and pace and the mood of the piece. Good writing and came on horseback recommended by a friend. The time period is post Civil War in the American South.
— Apr 04, 2025 07:11PM
