It almost makes the bad stuff stand out more that it’s delivered as flatly as everything else. And there’s no interrogation into why these people were so cruel. It feels like he was more interested in outlining what happened as accurately as possible with no interest in the morals of what happened.
I kinda like that Blood Meridian is a damn slog, it almost highlights the foul acts committed in the books - especially that last part
It almost makes the bad stuff stand out more that it’s delivered as flatly as everything else. And there’s no interrogation into why these people were so cruel. It feels like he was more interested in outlining what happened as accurately as possible with no interest in the morals of what happened.