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Jayakrishnan
is on page 220 of 355
It is one of those novels where you never really feel comfortable as a reader. You never really get the measure of Blood Meridian. The detailed, beautiful descriptions of grotesque landscapes, adorned with similies and obscure references. You miss a line and you suddenly don't know what's going on. My social media addled brain is getting a furious workout.
— Jul 02, 2023 07:10AM
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Jayakrishnan
is on page 309 of 355
Damn, the battle scenes are terrific. I am getting used to McCarthy as I progress. He is not an easy writer. This is all leading up to a very violent finale. It is not a typical coming of age novel. It is not anything like the books I have read. It is more like the movies that I have watched.
— Jul 07, 2023 07:45AM
Jayakrishnan
is on page 180 of 355
The rare book where the writer doesn't seem to care much about the characters. Even the nature that he describes is ghoulish and unbearable.
— Jun 30, 2023 08:15AM
Jayakrishnan
is on page 180 of 355
This is the kind of book that should be made into a film by Francis Ford Coppola. It requires the grandeur, pomposity and attention to detail of APOCALYPSE NOW.
— Jun 30, 2023 07:56AM
Jayakrishnan
is on page 150 of 355
McCarthy is more intent on describing the natural world and the violence than indulge in any character development. Not much about the characters inner lives. Just relentless violence and horrifying ways of the natural world. Lots of dialogs in Mexican too. Without any footnotes.
— Jun 27, 2023 06:55AM
