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Just finished Blood Meridian
Posted on 11/18/22 at 2:41 pm
Posted on 11/18/22 at 2:41 pm
Never read anything quite like it. I kept looking a character with some small redeeming trait or shred of humanity but there never was one.
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Posted on 11/18/22 at 9:03 pm to Jim Rockford
Definitely not many protagonist-types
Posted on 11/19/22 at 12:35 am to Rockbrc
Posted on 11/25/22 at 9:02 pm to Jim Rockford
I was worn out reading that book by all the words I had to look up. He went deep into the thesaurus with that book! 
He is my favorite author by far.
He is my favorite author by far. 
Posted on 11/26/22 at 8:19 am to Jim Rockford
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I kept looking a character with some small redeeming trait or shred of humanity but there never was one.
That’s precisely the point. We as humans long for redemption. We feel injustice and we need a savior. Christ knocks…
Posted on 11/27/22 at 9:06 am to zippyputt
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He is my favorite author by far.
He is among mine. Just once I wish he would use his incredible gift to walk me through a beautiful world rather than a depressing one.
Posted on 11/29/22 at 10:38 am to Jim Rockford
“The good book says that he that lives by the sword shall perish by the sword, said the black. The judge smiled, his face shining with grease. What right man would have it any other way? he said.”
My favorite line from the whole book
My favorite line from the whole book
Posted on 11/29/22 at 2:30 pm to bayoubengals88
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That’s precisely the point. We as humans long for redemption. We feel injustice and we need a savior. Christ knocks…
Powerful post.
Posted on 11/29/22 at 7:30 pm to Honest Tune
quote:You would probably like both Alan Jacobs and Alan Noble.
Honest Tune
I’ve read both ferociously this year.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 6:25 pm to Jim Rockford
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Yale lecture on Blood Meridian LINK
Thanks, very interesting and helpful.
Posted on 12/3/22 at 9:49 pm to Jim Rockford
Randomly turn to any page in the book. Almost surely there will be death or violence. The Comanche attack is epic. Captivating and disturbing.
This post was edited on 12/3/22 at 9:52 pm
Posted on 1/20/23 at 8:50 am to Jesco
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The Comanche attack is epic. Captivating and disturbing.
The whole time I read and re-read that attack I had the Sicario theme “The Beast” (from their Mexico crossing) playing in my head. He really nailed the dread of the whole attack.
Posted on 5/5/23 at 9:35 pm to Jim Rockford
Just finished it today and I’m of the opinion that the ending is ambiguous. *Spoilers* below
I can see how it could be taken literally that the Judge killed the Kid in the outhouse at the end but I think it’s a metaphor. I think the Kid found the little girl hiding in the outhouse and raped and killed her himself, and that was the naked Judge finally “embracing” him. When the two men going down to the jakes find a third man urinating in the mud telling them not to go in, I think that third man was the Kid.
What are your thoughts? I’m not married to this theory, it’s obviously plausible that the Judge killed both the girl and the Kid in the outhouse but I have a feeling the man telling the others not to look was the Kid himself.
I can see how it could be taken literally that the Judge killed the Kid in the outhouse at the end but I think it’s a metaphor. I think the Kid found the little girl hiding in the outhouse and raped and killed her himself, and that was the naked Judge finally “embracing” him. When the two men going down to the jakes find a third man urinating in the mud telling them not to go in, I think that third man was the Kid.
What are your thoughts? I’m not married to this theory, it’s obviously plausible that the Judge killed both the girl and the Kid in the outhouse but I have a feeling the man telling the others not to look was the Kid himself.
Posted on 5/7/23 at 5:06 pm to Stonehog
The Judge killed the Kid. It’s a metaphor for death. You can’t escape it.
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