The writing style is not for me. I only finished it by force of willpower.
The boy said OK. The man said OK. They looked at each other. They looked the other way they walked. They stopped and drank some water. The man said ok.
The boy said OK. The man said OK. They looked at each other. They looked the other way they walked. They stopped and drank some water. The man said ok.
I completely agree, I gave up several times because of this, although no, it was about eight or ten times, in the end I still haven’t finished reading this book, even if I liked the plot along with the atmosphere of despair.
I’ve never read this book, only heard accolades. But this synopsis and review makes me never want in on this action. If this is an accurate synopsis, how was this ever published? The example passage sounds like a low-literate 4th grader wrote it.
I read Blood Meridian. It took me a while to come to terms with the style. I ended up having to go back and reread portions just to understand what the hell was going on.
Seems like someone could publish any of his books as “punctuated edition” and it would be far more enjoyable.
I presume his editor was like “dude, you HAVE to use some punctuation!” and he had to push and fight to not have any in there. One wonders why he would be so insistent upon making the books hard to read. Like the little periods and commas are really cramping his style.
The writing style is not for me. I only finished it by force of willpower.
The boy said OK. The man said OK. They looked at each other. They looked the other way they walked. They stopped and drank some water. The man said ok.
I completely agree, I gave up several times because of this, although no, it was about eight or ten times, in the end I still haven’t finished reading this book, even if I liked the plot along with the atmosphere of despair.
I’ve never read this book, only heard accolades. But this synopsis and review makes me never want in on this action. If this is an accurate synopsis, how was this ever published? The example passage sounds like a low-literate 4th grader wrote it.
I read Blood Meridian. It took me a while to come to terms with the style. I ended up having to go back and reread portions just to understand what the hell was going on.
Seems like someone could publish any of his books as “punctuated edition” and it would be far more enjoyable.
I presume his editor was like “dude, you HAVE to use some punctuation!” and he had to push and fight to not have any in there. One wonders why he would be so insistent upon making the books hard to read. Like the little periods and commas are really cramping his style.