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A review by marcel_beres
Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
fast-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
5.0
I found the book to have a slow start, because I was looking for a concrete, easily summarisable plot. When I realised this is not a book you read for the plot, I was instantly hooked.
Blood Meridian certainly deserves its reputation; a bleak, violent deconstruction of the Western genre and the American Dream, an exploration of the darkness in the human heart. While the lack of punctuation often tripped me up, I eventually got used to it—though I don't understand the point of it.
Blood Meridian certainly deserves its reputation; a bleak, violent deconstruction of the Western genre and the American Dream, an exploration of the darkness in the human heart. While the lack of punctuation often tripped me up, I eventually got used to it—though I don't understand the point of it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, and Blood