![]() ![]() ![]() But unlike, say, the movie 300, the violence serves a purpose – in fact the gratuitousness itself serves a purpose. It’s both mentally and emotionally exhausting, even in a day and age where television and movies have numbed us to such things. It’s also one of the best.įor those who would consider that a turn-off, I offer this caveat:įor the overwhelming majority of fiction that involves a lot of violence, the violence itself is an act of masturbation representing either the author’s dark impulse or, perhaps worse, pandering to the reader’s similar revenge fantasies (this might explain why the majority of Blood Meridian fans I know personally are men, where as the majority of those who’ve told me they were unable to finish it are women).ĭon’t get me wrong, the violence in Blood Meridian is gratuitous. Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian is unquestionably the most violent novel I’ve ever read. ![]()
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