Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

122 reviews

matthewgrayson's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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
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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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, and Murder

jimbo_cheezemas's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

angelinalaramie's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

This is a near impossible book to review. How do you review a book that represents so much about America and the human condition? How can you review the horrors presented? This book should be required reading for everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Pedophilia, Xenophobia, and War

nyxlexica's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

3.0

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sambam0728's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Murder, and War

blueshirt's review against another edition

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

5.0

Beautiful book about horrible people doing horrible things.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

Minor: Child abuse and Pedophilia

thimbler's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Murder, and War

erinjk's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

reverenddustbunny's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Harrowing glimpse into the genocidal attitudes of the “Wild West”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

colinsford's review against another edition

Might finish it later, but for now I’m through. It’s dreadfully slow and is just a wash/rinse/repeat of the same gore. None of the characters are likable or show empathy and I’m just over this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racial slurs, and Rape