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Blood Meridian (or The Evening Redness in the West) by Cormac McCarthy. Quickly became my favorite book after reading it a second time. I've never read a book w
by sdrabing 5y ago
Blood Meridian (or The Evening Redness in the West) by Cormac McCarthy. Quickly became my favorite book after reading it a second time. I've never read a book with more effective language.
- cgh 5y agoI’m reading his Outer Dark for the second time. That epic, almost Biblical style of his early books is unsurpassed.
- leet_thow 5y agoWhat do you think happened in the jakes? I'm in the voluntary homosexual encounter hypothesis camp.
- Gatsky 5y agoI second this, it’s incredible, so well crafted.
- _1100 5y agoSecond McCarthy’s “effective language” attribution. I read The Road, and it was so sufficiently “effective” in its descriptions and it’s setting that I’m happy never reading another McCarthy book again. Glad I did once. I will watch the movies though!
- test1235 5y agoI absolutely loved The Road, but I couldn't finish Blood Meridian ... I had no interest in the setting or the characters at all.
- beermonster 5y agoit's gruesome. I love westerns but in a way this is some kind of anti-western. Captivating however, in the same way 'Heart of Darkness' - Joseph Conrad , is.
- jeremiahbuckley 5y agoListened to this as an audiobook, and recommend the format for this specific book. The language is amazing but the subject is so brutal. The audiobook relentlessly drives forward, delivering the language and imagery without pause. I think I might not have finished the text.
- beermonster 5y agoI too read this (after putting it off for some time). It could be a bit hard going at times, but definitely worth it. I went out and bought The Road but for some reason or another haven't yet started it (have watched the film though).
- Thersites 5y agoYou never forget the Judge.