Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy

71 reviews

e1st's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Rape

zrals's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

The story of the novel is famously difficult - lots and lots of graphic violence, grounded in historical events. However, the prose is excellent and the characters are compelling, though rarely likeable. It approaches so many big questions packaged in a quick moving story. It celebrates landscapes while emphasizing the terrible things human beings will do to have them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Alcohol

smokeylives's review

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

plantainicus's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

nopebook's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Death, Racism, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, and War

ayang0321's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

qstew's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Mental illness, and Kidnapping

klvelasquez22's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

3.25

I’m glad I gave it a try as I’ve been wanting to read McCarthy for a while - but it definitely wasn’t for me, and I probably won’t be reading McCarthy again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

fkshg8465's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

An incredibly violent book, providing an intimate look into a psychopath’s head.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sunscanid's review

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

5.0

god, what to even say?
this book was fantastic. highly recommend. heed the warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism and Alcohol