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Blood Meridian
by Cormac McCarthy
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
medium-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:
Complicated
3/5 … (I don’t do half ratings but if I was about that life I’d said 3.75 lol). This is not necessarily an easy book to read, but it’s definitely captivating. Yes, the violence is relentless, sometimes overwhelming, almost gratuitous. But, it’s a mirror held up to a part of human history and nature that we often like to look away from. McCarthy doesn’t flinch, and neither should we.
The language is dense and biblical, at times almost hallucinatory, and yet there's a strange beauty to it. I’ve read that McCarthy is regarded as one of the greatest living American authors. And again in McCarthyian fashion, the landscape becomes a character in itself in being vast, indifferent, and terrifyingly alive. The Judge is one of the most enigmatic and haunting figures I’ve ever come across in literature. He’s literally bigger than life and scary and confusing (to say that he is War and Death and Violence personified)
I liked it, though "liked" feels too simple a word for a novel that left me feeling disturbed, awed, and weirdly grateful. It's not for everyone, but if you can stomach the brutality (which I think you honestly can, unsure why people say it’s /that/ bad), you’ll find something profound in its pages. Blood Meridian is not just violent, it's honest. And sometimes, life is too.
The language is dense and biblical, at times almost hallucinatory, and yet there's a strange beauty to it. I’ve read that McCarthy is regarded as one of the greatest living American authors. And again in McCarthyian fashion, the landscape becomes a character in itself in being vast, indifferent, and terrifyingly alive. The Judge is one of the most enigmatic and haunting figures I’ve ever come across in literature. He’s literally bigger than life and scary and confusing (to say that he is War and Death and Violence personified)
I liked it, though "liked" feels too simple a word for a novel that left me feeling disturbed, awed, and weirdly grateful. It's not for everyone, but if you can stomach the brutality (which I think you honestly can, unsure why people say it’s /that/ bad), you’ll find something profound in its pages. Blood Meridian is not just violent, it's honest. And sometimes, life is too.