I saw the rave reviews so I purchased this book to keep me occupied during a flight. It's a good thing I had nothing else to read otherwise I would have set this book down after page 30. The hype surrounding this and other Cormac McCarthy novels is such that little will deter the mass market from purchasing the book or seeing the movie, so I will be brief: the messages were trite and the story poorly constructed. Reading the book was living the book, getting through the whole thing was like "The Road", in this respect the book is a resounding success.The book is long on cheap emotional thrills and shallow philosophical musings and short on substance. It's a Harlequin Romance for the Oprah Club.