Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

65 reviews

ajlct's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Colonisation, Cursing, War, Animal death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

grantsharpies's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Genocide, Gore, Murder, Child death, Colonisation, Child abuse, Slavery, Violence, War, Rape, Animal cruelty, and Blood

gilbert_norrell's review

adventurous challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, and Racism

daylemaree92's review against another edition

dark tense 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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

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

ak9's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

5.0

Brutal and disgusting but beautiful and poignant 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Colonisation, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Murder, Rape, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Mental illness, Misogyny, Abandonment, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Cursing, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, War, and Xenophobia

benjiaprout's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• 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

3.75

I will bet money on this being the most violent book you'll read. McCarthy writes like no other, if you're going to read this, don't half arse it. I intend to re-read this once I have the capacity to take it in entirely.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, War, and Rape

luis0n7i's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Although this is one of the best books I have ever read by far, I would only recommend it to a few people. The prose is jarring at first and if you know anything about this book, you know the amount of explicit and terrible violence that happens within. Despite this, it is still some of the most incredible, impressive and even beautiful prose I have read in my entire life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racism, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Xenophobia, Torture, Violence, Ableism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, War, Sexism, Sexual violence, Body horror, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Gun violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Dementia, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Slavery, Rape, and Genocide

davejaquith's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• 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

2.0

Rough. Striking writing; gritty characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Rape, Violence, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Animal cruelty, Self harm, Blood, and Genocide

metweedle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Colonisation, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Xenophobia

thetatteredowl's review against another edition

 Really enjoyed the book's hypnotic, poetic quality, but it had no speech marks, which is always a dealbreaker. Gave up as soon as I reached page 50. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, War, and Xenophobia