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Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

153 reviews

fatherofmysteries's review

5.0
dark informative reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

There is no review I could write that could begin to sum up the journey that this book took me on

He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.

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challenging dark 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: Complicated

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matthewgrayson's review

5.0
adventurous dark funny reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

You shouldn't read this book if you:

  • Struggle with graphic depictions of violence and gore
  • Don't like stories that focus on characters of low moral character
  • Do not like poetic writing
  • Are uncomfortable with allusions to child abuse and pedophilia
  • Are offended or uncomfortable with realistic depictions of historical racism
  • Avoid occasional nudity in literature
  • Do not like stories based in the American Southwest and Northern Mexico in the 1800's
  • Want something light to read
  • Are nihilistic or are prone to nahilism

You should read this book if you:

  • The above list can be tolerated
  • Have a strong moral compass
  • Are able to analyze and find meaning in the literature you consume

Version:

  • Audiobook (Borrowed through the Libby app)
  • Publisher: Recorded Books Inc. 
  • Narrator: Richard Poe

Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West is about:

  • The moral degradation and depravity of man after reaching the pinical of its societal achievement
  • War
  • Peoples, cultures, and groups striving to live up to the supposed achievements their predecessors with only the knowledge of their virtues and the absence of their faults
  • The results of pride, racism, natural justice (or the justice of God), alliances with the immoral and depraved, colonization, genocide, violence, greed, nihilism
  • Those that dance, and those that do not dance


The most brutal violence is abrupt and sometimes out of nowhere. The book does not relish in the violence, but rushes the violence in a concentrated burst. It can be jarring, however, it helps illustrate the sudden finality of life and how something can be so quickly made into nothing... (unfinished)

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jimbo_cheezemas's review

5.0
dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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siggney's review

5.0
dark reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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challenging dark tense slow-paced

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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blueshirt's review

5.0
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

Beautiful book about horrible people doing horrible things.

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erinjk's review

4.75
dark sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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asuresh's review

5.0
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

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