Second Post

This week I started reading my book and it started out very cryptic. The book started out with no mention of the name of the narrator who I later found out was named Mr. Lockwood I believe. This was very similar to the way All the Pretty Horses started but it contained much more detail. I can’t say that it was easier than McCarthy’s writing even though there was regular punctuation. I had trouble telling which character was which and one of the characters has a thick accent. Along with this trouble, I was also faced with the reality that this novel is a girl book. It was a thought that I had had when I first read the back of the novel because the names were so over the top and very typical of a woman’s romance novel. The book started out with our narrator visiting the place for which the book is titled. The family living at the house is very austere and strange. Nobody seems to be that happy which I find to be odd. Neither the owner or his daughter-in-law are to kind so I am having a herd time understanding why there would be a novel written or based on so sad and an unhappy home. I know that there is a romance in the novel but I don’t see any people that would be compatible because the main character seems to be a good match but the only other option for him is the daughter-in-law and she, although young and beautiful, is a scornful soul, who could possibly be a witch. I will only find out if I read more so I am hoping that it doesn’t get a mushy on me.