[8bitsrule]

My reaction to McCarthy has been similar. After trying a couple of his works, my reaction was that he was primarily focussed on the nasty side of humanity. We people can be nasty, but - like much of today's news - he fails to balance that with our positives. There are a lot of grays between black and white. Great authors manage to show them all.

[Timon3]

I am actually not sure. I used to agree, but I've found that the best stories I've read use the good and beautiful moments primarily to make the bad moments hit that much harder. That doesn't mean there aren't good stories focussing on balance, but I'd be surprised if there is as much to explore there as there is in the depths of both good and bad.

My foremost example here would be Berserk.

[defen]

Suttree is your best bet if that's what you're after.

[anthonypasq]

bizarrely reductive take. You think every piece of art should try to represent the entire spectrum of human emotion?