Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

60 reviews

emmabjones's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I gave this book two stars because the writing was good and I was able to finish it. However, it is not my kind of book. Far too much blood, guts, and gore with little plot or character development. I think some people must enjoy this type of read as it is a very famous book, I am just not one of them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

michelleabdanan's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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

4.0

Full of beautiful, meditative descriptions of the desert landscape broken up by some of the most horrific and depraved acts of violence put to page. I’m honestly not sure if I liked it but it was masterfully written and I’m going to think about it for a long, long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Cannibalism

blue8haze's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

I found this book at turns enthralling and beautiful and a jumbled mess of word salads that didn’t quite add up to the lofty expectations of its genius writer. The Judge character was not as clever as McCarthy intended but more of a snake oil salesman indulging in his wit. Maybe at the time what this novel had to say was special but in the 40 years since its publication there have been better depictions in both print and film of characters like the Judge. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

caitdanger's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Alcohol, and Colonisation

nwfalens's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

harryeustace118's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, and Excrement

zrals's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

The story of the novel is famously difficult - lots and lots of graphic violence, grounded in historical events. However, the prose is excellent and the characters are compelling, though rarely likeable. It approaches so many big questions packaged in a quick moving story. It celebrates landscapes while emphasizing the terrible things human beings will do to have them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Alcohol

plantainicus's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

nopebook's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Child death, Genocide, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Death, Racism, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, and War

klvelasquez22's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

3.25

I’m glad I gave it a try as I’ve been wanting to read McCarthy for a while - but it definitely wasn’t for me, and I probably won’t be reading McCarthy again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail