Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

[skarlorn]

Any other people read this fine book?

[skarlorn]

some 1 has 5 star this thread; hopin u read this fine book

it is a mightE fine book

especially good for PvP lovers

[Gilder]

Never read it but loved All the Pretty Horses. His writing style is incredibly terse, but so descriptive at the same time. That book will break your heart.

[skarlorn]

I've also read The Road, which catapulted me into acute depression, and No Country for Old Men.

No Country is a lot more similar to Blood Meridian. I loved No Country.

Agreed about his writing style. There's this scene in Blood Meridian, where, for the past 3 chapters, he's been using tiny sentences and curt language. THen suddenly an Apache warband pops up from the side of horses and it's one sentence that goes the whole page and just fucks your brain in the best way

Guess it's time to read All the Pretty Horses.

[Ahldagor]

Judge is one of the best characters ever concieved in Western Lit.

[Gilder]

Originally Posted by skarlorn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I've also read The Road, which catapulted me into acute depression, and No Country for Old Men.

No Country is a lot more similar to Blood Meridian. I loved No Country.

Agreed about his writing style. There's this scene in Blood Meridian, where, for the past 3 chapters, he's been using tiny sentences and curt language. THen suddenly an Apache warband pops up from the side of horses and it's one sentence that goes the whole page and just fucks your brain in the best way

Guess it's time to read All the Pretty Horses.

The road is definitely on my "TO READ" list. In fact, I should just abandon my current book (an attempt at comedy called "Hell") and just read the damn thing! It's been on my list too long and I know I love me some McCarthy

EDIT: just bought it on Amazon, good thing I charged muh Kindle last night

[skarlorn]

Originally Posted by Ahldagor [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Judge is one of the best characters ever concieved in Western Lit.

Yes dude. I'm in love with the judge even though he would murder/rape me.

Do u think the judge was god?

Originally Posted by Gilder [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The road is definitely on my "TO READ" list. In fact, I should just abandon my current book (an attempt at comedy called "Hell") and just read the damn thing! It's been on my list too long and I know I love me some McCarthy

EDIT: just bought it on Amazon, good thing I charged muh Kindle last night

grats bro

[Kaight]

I loved The Road and No Country. I tried Blood Meridian a while ago and couldn't get into but maybe I'll give it a second chance. You have to be in the right mood for McCarthy.

[Ahldagor]

Originally Posted by skarlorn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yes dude. I'm in love with the judge even though he would murder/rape me.

Do u think the judge was god?




grats bro

Old Testament and Gnostic inspirations....most of McCarthy's writing is from those, btw. Judge would be more of an ubermensch tho'. Nothing he does is supernatural.

[skarlorn]

Yeah I definitely picked that up. Reading g BM actually incepted me into starting to read the old testament. The nondualist God who is above concepts of good and evil experiencing the most violent human nature... That's what the judge was to me