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A review by weirdodari
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
This is the greatest Western epic of all time. It reads beautifully, like a poem about the American frontier while still stained with gore and blood. One moment, I’ll be reading about the beauty of the mountains and the landscape the characters are traveling through, and the next moment someone gets their head blown off with a graphic description to follow. This book is a depiction of hell on earth and it’s incredible.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, and War