Thanks so much!!! I was hoping to get your approval! LOL!!! I loved our reading experience and would love to team up again in the future. You are right. The Judge decided all and I think that's why he was so suspicious of the Kid. The Kid held some judgement also and the Judge disapproved and kept an eye on him. He was supposed to be the only judge and the Kid had no right to look down on anyone.

Thank you so much! I can say that I’m glad I read it but I don’t feel the need to pick up any more McCarthy. Life’s too short. 🤓🥰

I have read two of the Border trilogy. They didn't inspire me to read any more. The writing is good, but the content left me flat.

Thank you! It took me a while to get to it.

Definitely!

I have it and read much of it years ago. I’ll get back to it.

Thank you!

Thanks so much! 🥰

Thank you!🤓

I don't think I'm going to do another video but let me know what you think of the books!

Thanks so much!

Thank you! 🤓

Thank you! 😊

I started it many years ago but want to go back to it soon.

Lol!!! Your mind is far from tiny! 🤣🤪

@@MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH haha thank you!

Hey, thanks!

It's interesting but Blood Meridian has been considered unfilmable because of the violence. Considering all of the cable shows that show everything that attitude is unusual. I also saw a movie in college about this time in history and it was so graphic I walked out. The professor was aggravated that several people walked out but he never told us what we would be viewing.

@@MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH That is puzzling as it is the history we have to live with that needs to be shown and talked about. I remember the scene like it was yesterday and my questions about our history as a country began. I was horrified by what was being done to people, innocent men, women, and children. I was sobbing and shaken and came away with shear disgust...at the blatant disregard for humanity. Not much has changed.

Thanks Brian.

I think McCarthy is obsessed with the thin line between good (civilization) and evil (chaos) and that he uses the US - Mexico border as a metaphor for that line. Characters who cross into Mexico are changed, experience terrible violence, commit terrible acts of violence, in a sense they lose their humanity (civilization).When the Glanton Gang crosses into Mexico they enter hell, where they almost all deserve to be. Characters who cross from Mexico bring chaos (evil) with them. To me the Judge is evil personified and the kid is humanity. In _Blood Meridian_ evil wins and humanity is submerged/absorbed by it as the kid is by the Judge. In _The Road_ the Boy represents the hope for humanity and The Man succeeds in preserving that hope. In _No Country for Old Men_ evil is represented by Chigurh and the Sheriff fails to stop him from threatening humanity. There are few "good" characters in McCarthy's books, most just show the more decent characters struggling with evil.

@@BookishTexan great points. McCarthy seems to grapple with evil and the redemption (or loss of redemption) of man. Also, without writing it, he seems to comment on the inevitability of man's internal struggle and the inability to stop the thirst for violence and bloodlust. The analogy of the line between Mexico and Texas is interesting; it brings me back to the heat, bleakness, and desolation of the landscape as well as men's souls.

@@MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH I have a tendency to judge McCarthy's books by how clearly and without pretension he conveys that message (though I see it less about redemption and more about preservation). I think in _Blood Meridian_ he does it better than in his other books.

@@BookishTexan I agree, although the only other of his books I read was The Road. I'm not sure I'm up for any more! LOL!

Thank you. The thing that got me through the book was the fantastic writing and the number of messages and imagery that I found meaning in.