Reviews tagging 'Death'

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

94 reviews

jimbo_cheezemas's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Murder, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Blood, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Hate crime, Genocide, Cursing, Child death, Death, Gore, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Homophobia

siggney's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal death, Blood, Genocide, Gun violence, Violence, Physical abuse, and Torture

nyxlexica's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

3.0

Difficult to read. Very slow, very distant, no character to get behind. An intense depiction of a period in history I knew nothing about, though, with an incredible villain. Happy I've read it but can't say I enjoyed the process, exactly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual violence, Cursing, Death, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Ableism, Mental illness, Torture, Child death, Racism, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, War, Gun violence, Hate crime, Animal death, Colonisation, Genocide, and Racial slurs

blueshirt's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Beautiful book about horrible people doing horrible things.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Child death, Death, Gore, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Genocide, Racism, Torture, Violence, and War

Minor: Child abuse and Pedophilia

draven_deathcrush's review against another edition

I wanted to read more Cormac McCarthy, but this book is kinda boring, and I absolutely hate the depictions of Natives. I want to read more disturbing fiction, and influential fiction, but this book was not it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, Racial slurs, and Violence

erinjk's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Slavery, Rape, Sexual assault, Gore, Child death, Colonisation, Violence, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Racism, War, Torture, Sexual violence, Murder, Gun violence, Death, Child abuse, Blood, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

reverenddustbunny's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Harrowing glimpse into the genocidal attitudes of the “Wild West”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Gun violence, Murder, Racism, Death, Racial slurs, Gore, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail

rooree93's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Animal death, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Mass/school shootings, Cursing, Torture, Violence, and War

zhaneordo's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

This was the worse DnD campaign to experience, not because the journey, but because of the horrible players. Worse than your local murdering hobos, The Kid falls into a real life larpers group, who take their quest far too seriously. 

A book full of quotes with no quotations, means a lot of rereading. The rereading is worth it in this death filled western. The only good thing that happens to you in this book is when you’re finished and you no longer have to experience it anymore. 

It’s okay, randomly you’ll have a thought about how horrible these people were and hopefully we’ll all use it as our ethical meridian in life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Torture, Gore, War, Stalking, Sexual violence, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Murder, Hate crime, Gun violence, and Death

asuresh's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexism, Sexual violence, Murder, Animal death, Hate crime, Rape, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Blood, Sexual harassment, Child death, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, and War