Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West

The narration was pretty good, the right tone for the story, easily discernable character voices. The story wasn't for me. It's full of one dimensional characters that don't develop over time, events that are fully self-contained and don't come together to form a clear plot, and similes, similes, similes, nearly all of which served more to distract than to enhance. For example (minor spoiler), when it comes to character development, we learn that one guy is interested in cultures and history. That idea is reinforced a few times. And if you're like me, you're expecting some kind of payoff, a point at which he makes a turn, discovers or reveals something about himself because of his interest in the past, changes in some way, but that doesn't happen. And maybe that's supposed to be the point? Whatever others seem to connect with in this story, I missed it.

Richard Poe is wonderful, the story dark and grinning in it's slow and and savage pacing. You will ponder yourself, those that came before and after. A perfect audio experience.

a post apocalyptic mcarthy's story, depicting beautiful stoicism, death, and beautiful writing and depictions of the west. if you want something to immerse you into the deepest darkest tales fortold in the west. this is certainly a book for you. truly a classic and well written novel