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Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

36 reviews

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: Gun violence, Genocide, Pedophilia, Rape, Murder, Sexual violence, and Child death

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

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

qstew's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Ableism

amortellus's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Alcohol, Xenophobia, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Racism, Gore, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Animal death, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, and Murder

thesholmes's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

5.0

Probably the best book I've ever read. The prose is perfect, the imagery is flawless, the story is riveting, and it just does things that I've never seen a book do. As someone who's really desensitised to a lot of things, this one made me physically sick in the best possible way. Just a thrilling and horrifically beautiful read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cannibalism, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, War, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Torture, Pedophilia, Animal death, Gun violence, Body horror, Racism, Self harm, Blood, Death, Excrement, Genocide, Sexual assault, Child death, Colonisation, Gore, and Sexual violence

As someone who is fairly desensitised to most anything, this made me physically sick

fkshg8465's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

An incredibly violent book, providing an intimate look into a psychopath’s head.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Bullying, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Gun violence, Genocide, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic friendship, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gore, Body horror, Colonisation, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Racism, Torture, War, and Xenophobia

sunscanid's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

5.0

god, what to even say?
this book was fantastic. highly recommend. heed the warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexual content, War, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol and Ableism

jaybeesgotpaperback's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

It was a slow read due to the complicated language, and I understand why there are McCarthy scholars as there is so much to unpick. But thoroughly enjoyed the read even though some of the content is challenging 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Racial slurs, Racism, Gore, Blood, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Genocide, Child death, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Cursing, Genocide, Infidelity, Excrement, Cannibalism, and Mental illness

salmonite's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Excrement, Rape, Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Racism, Confinement, Hate crime, Violence, Cursing, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Death, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Mental illness, Murder, War, Grief, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Bullying, Gore, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Alcohol, and Torture

deanrossss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Child death, Child abuse, Blood, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Adult/minor relationship, and Addiction

sasukeuchihastan's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

"the road" so far remains my favorite mccarthy book, but "blood meridian" had me in a chokehold due to the banality of violence and nonchalance of evil. it's one of those books where there is so much meaning packed into every single sentence, but the tone and style make it matter of fact rather than something to be dissected. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Death, Blood, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Racism, Alcohol, and Racial slurs

Minor: Child death, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia