Thursday, 3 September 2015

Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy






For two thirds of the book I had no idea what was going on. People were getting shot. People were getting scalped. There was a kid, “the” kid, a judge, “the” judge, and a bunch of minor characters that all meshed into one non-distinct blood-thirsty outlaw.

After a while the book started making sense, but too late to actually attract my interest or give me any sort of emotion. McCarthy’s prose remains unique, obviously, but that doesn’t mean that reading hundreds of pages that all blur into one has to be an enjoyable experience...

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