Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

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

42 reviews

carolinemb's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Genocide, Murder, Physical abuse, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Ableism, Blood, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, War, and Xenophobia

ciinamongiirl's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

CRAZIEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ. JAW DROPPED. really good though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Colonisation, Gore, Hate crime, War, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Racial slurs, Blood, Death, Genocide, Racism, and Violence

eabosch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Animal cruelty, Child death, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Child abuse, Genocide, Murder, Sexual content, War, Xenophobia, Torture, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Pedophilia, Racism, Excrement, Hate crime, Mental illness, Rape, and Alcoholism

ak9's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Brutal and disgusting but beautiful and poignant 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Colonisation, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Murder, Rape, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Mental illness, Misogyny, Abandonment, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Cursing, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, War, and Xenophobia

benjiaprout's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

I will bet money on this being the most violent book you'll read. McCarthy writes like no other, if you're going to read this, don't half arse it. I intend to re-read this once I have the capacity to take it in entirely.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, War, and Rape

antifuchs's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, War, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Genocide, Xenophobia, Racism, Torture, Physical abuse, and Hate crime

davejaquith's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Rough. Striking writing; gritty characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Rape, Violence, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Animal cruelty, Self harm, Blood, and Genocide

gloombee's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.25

definitely a book for men 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Hate crime, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Murder, War, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, and Racism

metweedle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Animal death, Colonisation, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Xenophobia

mmcloe's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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? Yes

5.0

I first read Blood Meridian when I was just coming into my political consciousness at the end of high school. It's staggering to reread it many years later with a more advanced understanding of American history and ideology. Enough has already been said about this to fill a million books but I'll remark that the most fascinating new revelation for me is that the violence of colonialism isn't just physical violence but also anthropological violence. In western understandings of academics and scholarship, we cannot preserve without also destroying, claiming the cultural heritage for our own and leaving only scraps of art and nature and life for anyone else to cling on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, War, Ableism, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Alcohol, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Colonisation, Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Death, Genocide, Gore, Torture, and Violence