abraxas_denied 's review for:

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy

3.0

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While well written, the message feels more than a bit redundant. I do appreciate an unfiltered view of american settlers, rather than our polished captain america lens of history - however, the story itself felt a little daunting to exist inside of: the depravity, the ignorance, the racism, the violence. it can all be found here, but at what cost? the story and it's redundant message of cruelty in the hearts of man works much better in retrospect, to think back on as a cautionary tale of what we have the potential to devolve back into, or perhaps it's a mirror reflecting our ongoing cruelty and the poisonous roots of the very land we stand upon.