![]() ![]() ![]() After the first two chapters, you’ll grow accustomed to the style, or it might be a skip. Blood Meridian is more accessible than many of his other novels regardless, it still provides a difficult reading experience for those unaccustomed to his style. McCarthy provides brutal and challenging prose. Without added context, AM is just a monster built by man, and Ted is its chronicler.Ĭormac McCarthy What I Dislike, or Food for Thought There was enough mystery and intrigue to fill a novel’s length of work. This story seemed to hold much more than its word count allowed. While I found this to be an act-loosely supported by the more subtle examples of manipulations displayed-that’s still head cannon given the information in the story. However, are these bugs in his character, the correct narrative, or misconceptions built on ignorance? I can make assumptions but little feels supported from the text.ĪM was more the diabolical villain, almost cartoony in execution. As a first-person narrator, he’s allowed to have flaws like anyone else. I never felt I understood Ted, unsure how to read his sexism and criticism. While the writing was effective, it didn’t capture that charisma I found in “ Vic and Blood.” Harlan Ellison made a profession building upon the allure of cruel and often immoral individuals, but Ted lacked that allure which hinders the narrative as a whole. ![]()
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