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Blood Meridian; or, The Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
148 reviews
guerosushiman666's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, and War
humbugmountain's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Murder, and War
Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia
hannxm's review against another edition
It sucks to give up on this book because I was hoping I'd like this but it's taken 9 days to get just half way through. I like a western and extreme gore doesn't bother me, and I even got kind of used to McCarthy's writing, which irked me at first, so I thought this wouldn't be an issue for me.
There was shocking moments and some funny moments but ultimately, when a book is more full of description, very little dialogue and no real character development, it falls flat. It was like watching a gang in the Wild West just murdering and fighting people for no obvious reason, whilst not really knowing anyone, not even the protagonist, who it seems stops being the protagonist at some point.
Half the time I felt like I didn't even know what was going on or why something was happening, so if you feel out of the loop all the time, it's hard to keep going. It didn't help that there are several conversations in Spanish - luckily reading on kindle let me translate easily but reading this as a printed book would've drove me mad. They say McCarthy's writing is all about keeping the flow of the narrative, but having to stop regularly just to translate damages the flow.
I'm giving it 3 stars because there are definitely some strong moments and good writing but ultimately, it fell flat for me. I was starting to hate having to come back to this book which was my sign that I wasn't getting anything out of it.
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury
avenravensmh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexism, Slavery, and Religious bigotry
seersybil's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Murder
su_e's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Colonisation
tweedlesmart's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Pedophilia and Rape
tomtee's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Racism, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
josh_griffen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and War
1orne's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Stalking
Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia
A very large amount of this book consists of graphic descriptions of violence enacted by racists. Sexual violence occurs but is not graphically described.