Question for users with Judge Holden avatars

[Vector2800]

Did you actually read Blood Meridian? Watching that 6 hour Wendigoon video does not count. TikTok Blood Meridian edits do not count either.

 

[AutistSupremacist]

What's the book even about bruh

 

[Vector2800]

What's the book even about bruh

It is one of the most dense great American novels ever written.

 

[AutistSupremacist]

It is one of the most dense great American novels ever written.

Oh so sort of like Moby Dick I'm assuming.

 

[DoomThreeKoala]

@The Judge @Judge Holden

 

[Vector2800]

Oh so sort of like Moby Dick I'm assuming.

Yes perfect example

 

[FBI]

What's the book even about bruh

It is essentially the story of a boy who joins a scalp-hunting gang in the nineteenth-century borderlands and moves through a series of violent encounters as the group travels across the Southwest.

 

[FBI]

It is essentially the story of a boy who joins a scalp-hunting gang in the nineteenth-century borderlands and moves through a series of violent encounters as the group travels across the Southwest.

I do not recommend reading it because the prose is needlessly dense and the story becomes tedious quickly.

 

[Excalibur]

Don’t have a Holden avi, but yeah, I have read Blood Meridian. Twice in fact.

 

[Vector2800]

I do not recommend reading it because the prose is needlessly dense and the story becomes tedious quickly.

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I disagree, I still think it is worth reading but not as your first Cormac McCarthy novel. It’s better to start off with easier ones like The Road or No Country for Old Men.

 

[FBI]

The Road

 

[FreeAgent2512]

@The Judge

 

[Judge Holden]

@The Judge @Judge Holden

im righ now

 

[Judge Holden]

high rn

 

[The Judge]

Yes.

What's the book even about bruh

A fictionalized retelling of the experiences underwent by the real-life Glanton Gang.

John Joel Glanton - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Vector2800]

Yes.


A fictionalized retelling of the experiences underwent by the real-life Glanton Gang.

John Joel Glanton - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

You have my respect. Not sure about the other Judge user.

 

[Uncle Death]

I dont use the avi on here, but yes. I read it and finished it.

 

[weaselbomber]

I do not recommend reading it because the prose is needlessly dense and the story becomes tedious quickly.

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The prose and style is a great filter for many
I'm personally a fan, though I do agree that once you get the point the story seems to just meander