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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
sad
slow-paced
I wish I could read this for the first time again. It’s an experience I will never forget
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I enjoy historical fiction books, but the style of this book is a challenge with my ADHD.
Here are some reasons I had a hard time finishing "Blood Meridian"...
1. He doesn't use quotation marks! So you will have this large variety of characters talking with one another and you have to pause to reflect on who is actually saying what. Oh and the book will go back and forth between English and Spanish conversations.
2. In his book he is trying to get you to think about deeper things BUT in my opinion he hasn't done the work to actually make you care about the characters saying or doing the things he wants you to ponder.
3. He will give you this extravagant description of a fire and a tree where he goes on for several pages and then quickly says in one paragraph and the group rode into this small town and scalped the 20 citizens and moved on. I have wanted to say out loud to him, "Whoa wait a second, You just spend two pages describing the grass and a tree branch but you just quickly move right through that part?"
4. The book's sequence becomes very repetitive. Lots of talking, going back and forth between English and Spanish dialogue, exquisite landscape description, go into town, shady actions/activities, scalp people, move on, and repeat.
Here are some reasons I had a hard time finishing "Blood Meridian"...
1. He doesn't use quotation marks! So you will have this large variety of characters talking with one another and you have to pause to reflect on who is actually saying what. Oh and the book will go back and forth between English and Spanish conversations.
2. In his book he is trying to get you to think about deeper things BUT in my opinion he hasn't done the work to actually make you care about the characters saying or doing the things he wants you to ponder.
3. He will give you this extravagant description of a fire and a tree where he goes on for several pages and then quickly says in one paragraph and the group rode into this small town and scalped the 20 citizens and moved on. I have wanted to say out loud to him, "Whoa wait a second, You just spend two pages describing the grass and a tree branch but you just quickly move right through that part?"
4. The book's sequence becomes very repetitive. Lots of talking, going back and forth between English and Spanish dialogue, exquisite landscape description, go into town, shady actions/activities, scalp people, move on, and repeat.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail
Yeah so the violence is not the reason this cannot be turned into a movie, it's the fact that it is written so vividly that nothing will come close
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
First of all, Cormac is an absolute master wordsmith. I’ve not seen the American west described so beautifully and lyrically before. The vocabulary is definitely tough, I’d recommend an e-reader that lets you quickly see definitions or translations of the numerous Spanish dialogues.
Amongst the beauty of deserts, forests, and high mountain peaks is just a ton of violence, and no one is spared. Not even some innocent puppies at one point…so that does make it hard to recommend if you’re averse to the horrors of that time period. Shocking but unsurprising to know how much was based on a real man (Glanton).
Amongst the beauty of deserts, forests, and high mountain peaks is just a ton of violence, and no one is spared. Not even some innocent puppies at one point…so that does make it hard to recommend if you’re averse to the horrors of that time period. Shocking but unsurprising to know how much was based on a real man (Glanton).
adventurous
challenging
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated