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Liked It2 of 2 members found this review helpful “1st intro to Cormac (even though I've own the crossing for some years). Made me want to see No Country, and gave me a little insight into the characters. McCarthy sits and the table and breaks bread with the primal nature of humanity in this one: Man's need to fight and what is actually at...” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It3 of 4 members found this review helpful “Since I had enjoyed The Road by Cormac McCarthy so much, I decided to pick up what is supposed to be his most impressive work, Blood Meridian or, The Evening Redness in the West. Yikes. I mean, yikes. Talk about disturbing... |
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“i had to take a month long hiatus from this book before i was able to return to it...at some point i do plan on reading it again. ”
blaire h wrote this review 7 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is the most difficult read I've yet encountered, but it is very well written. Its language is archaic. Its imagery is vivid. And McCarthy really delves into the darkest side of the old west, the side shrouded by John Wayne and Bonanza and Support Your Local Sheriff.”
Alex E wrote this review 8 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Dark...Darker...Darkest...I don't think there is another writer alive who can tell such a dark desolate tale. The judge is certainly a character I won't ever forget. The way he speaks and the way he looks at the world is certainly unique and when hold up against the world he lives in it actually makes some kind of sense at times. If there is hope to be found in this book it is buried in the small kindnesses and the friendships that are sometimes struck. It certainly shows men's capacity for evil. ”
Harry B wrote this review 13 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Just as epic and poetic as I had heard, which rarely happens.”
Patrick W wrote this review Friday, October 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Bloody, beautiful, mystical Western, reminicent of Jodorowski's "El Topo"... Surreal Western circa 1969. McCarthy is in my opinion one of the greatest north-american writers of this century.”
Wilson B Sanchez wrote this review Thursday, October 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This book has consistently been in my thoughts ever since I read it. The landscape descriptions are amazing. The characters are about as unrepentant and gritty as one could imagine the dark underside of the old west to be. To read this book is to be pursued by the vision of it. I'm not sure whether I loved it or was just fascinated by it. Totally morally ambiguous, Blood Meridian doesn't have any "John Ford" western moments. Mainly it's just a lawless band of Americans carving their way through Mexico and being slowly picked off by other, equally repugnant bands of humans. Mr. McCarthy is either a genius or very much in need of deep psychotherapy! I'll read it again before long because it's one of those books that are similar to car accidents....you don't really want to look again and again, but you really can't help yourself. ”
Neil R wrote this review Tuesday, October 13 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“A gruelling, near insurmountable book with a read that near perfectly mirrors the journey of the characters. The settings are described with a wondrous asceticism and the action is around as brutal as you can bear, couple this with the fact that very little happens, then happens again and again and again etc and you have to wonder how it is you ever got through this novel as it's no easy feat. It is however a rewarding one, there is a certain beauty in its punishment that lends the novel a heightened sense of experience which more than makes up for any previous hardships.”
Luke R wrote this review Thursday, September 24 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Perhaps the greatest novel I have read. It follows all of the rules of Westerns, and it breaks all of the rules of Westerns. This is a dark, dark depiction of one of America's darkest moments. Blood and gore are juxtaposed into some of the most beautiful descriptions I have ever seen. If anything, Blood Meridian will make you smarter! ”
Andrew K wrote this review Wednesday, September 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is one of the best books I have ever read. It is remarkable in every way: language, setting, and character. I could not be more impressed.”
jeblucas wrote this review Thursday, September 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
