Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

85 reviews

amortellus's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Alcohol, Xenophobia, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Racism, Gore, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Animal death, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, and Murder

thesholmes's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

5.0

Probably the best book I've ever read. The prose is perfect, the imagery is flawless, the story is riveting, and it just does things that I've never seen a book do. As someone who's really desensitised to a lot of things, this one made me physically sick in the best possible way. Just a thrilling and horrifically beautiful read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cannibalism, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, War, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Torture, Pedophilia, Animal death, Gun violence, Body horror, Racism, Self harm, Blood, Death, Excrement, Genocide, Sexual assault, Child death, Colonisation, Gore, and Sexual violence

As someone who is fairly desensitised to most anything, this made me physically sick

chanpa's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal cruelty, War, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, and Murder

sunscanid's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

5.0

god, what to even say?
this book was fantastic. highly recommend. heed the warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexual content, War, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol and Ableism

eclaris's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Murder, and Animal death

jaybeesgotpaperback's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

It was a slow read due to the complicated language, and I understand why there are McCarthy scholars as there is so much to unpick. But thoroughly enjoyed the read even though some of the content is challenging 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Racial slurs, Racism, Gore, Blood, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Genocide, Child death, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Cursing, Genocide, Infidelity, Excrement, Cannibalism, and Mental illness

keynone's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Gun violence

mike_petrow's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Torture, Physical abuse, and Pedophilia

skippy_skippington's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

A deconstruction of the mythologized North American old west, tearing away the veneer of respectability and civilization. Stark, horrific, violent, and weirdly beautiful at times. Not for those with a sensitive constitution.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Xenophobia, War, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Classism, Cursing, Genocide, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Child death, Colonisation, Excrement, Pedophilia, Violence, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Animal death, and Blood

sunn_bleach's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

4.75

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, Animal death, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Mental illness, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Pedophilia