A review by blue8haze
Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy

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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