Although I can see “All the Pretty Horses” is so highly thought of, the style and approach McCarthy adopted didn’t always work too well for me. In fact, I felt that – at times – the style hindered the story, rather than helping it along. The lack of punctuation is often commented on and, while it helps establish the sort of characters that feature in the book, it occasionally left things a little unclear as to who was saying what. Similarly, some sentences featured five or six ‘ands’ and ran beyond the length of a standard paragraph. As a result, there were times I couldn’t stop myself from drifting off and absent-mindedly turning the page. Overall, I’m glad I read it – I’ll just not be in much of a rush to read books two and three of “The Border Trilogy”...