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crashoutdilettante 's review for:
Blood Meridian
by Cormac McCarthy
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
It's so sparse and repetitive in prose, while the picaresque story of the American South feels like a minimalist stage for the cruel behaviorisms of the characters to surface and thrive until they boil over. And yet no matter how high tensions run, there's a feeling of moral complicitude in evil; manifest in self loathing and constant paranoia.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation
Moderate: Grief
The most violent book I've read so far