Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

62 reviews

theohume's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Violence, War, Excrement, Kidnapping, Colonisation, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault

bwood95's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Body horror, Colonisation, Racism, Genocide, and Gun violence

gremlintamer's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Classism, Blood, Suicide, Violence, Religious bigotry, Rape, Murder, Gun violence, Child abuse, Body horror, Sexism, Xenophobia, War, Hate crime, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Racism, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Gore, Drug use, Cursing, Colonisation, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Drug abuse, Death, Child death, and Cannibalism

This book is A LOT.

meghenee's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Murder, Violence, Blood, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, and Hate crime

Minor: Rape, Pedophilia, and Child death

juliajaime98's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

This book took me a shit ton of time to read partly because it's SLOW but also because i was somehow half illiterate after so long not reading prior to this. Anyway, it's def the kind of book that has you sitting like o_o once you teach the end of it, especially the more you think about it. While none of the characters are likeable (besides the horses and dogs), they are all interesting and you want to keep finding out what happens to them. Also the judge's description is both terrifying yet hilarious every time it comes up. I picture him like bald and shiny Donald Trump. Anyway def recommend, although not a fan of some of the language used by Cormac (RIP) because yeah i know it's a western but like bruh... We got it the 200th time you used the same slurs. 

I suck at writing reviews but def give it a read if you got a stomach for gore and also want a tense and creepy story that isn't just horror but rather just encapsulated existential dread.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Rape, Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Animal death, Pedophilia, and Injury/Injury detail

burgundy_fairy's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

It's masterfully written. It also bored me out of my mind. I wish I could've experienced it as it deserved but I found it difficult to pick up. Maybe someday I can read it better but for now, 3 stars is all I can give.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Violence, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Alcohol, Colonisation, Death, Hate crime, Racism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Slavery, War, Murder, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Blood, Child death, and Gore

I very well may have missed content warnings. I also could not discern their weight. The book is written so that everything is mentioned in passing but also in a very raw manner.

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

gorbon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gore, Body horror, Death, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Blood, Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcoholism

angryoppossum's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, and Fire/Fire injury

lindsgiovannone's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Murder, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Animal death, Abandonment, Death, Gore, Sexual violence, and Animal cruelty