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user-inactivated  ·  3734 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski Book Club: Blood Meridian: Discussion 2

To me it merely seems that the world adapts to shape the Judge rather than vice versa. Say not 'equilibrium', but 'his natural state'. If, as you both seem to agree, the book is more style than substance, I may be misreading/reading too much into this -- but I'm not sure I agree with your assessment.

For one thing, McCarthy has some definite ideas about humanity, war, the place violence has in nature, so on. For another, the Judge's monologues seem to be all substance and no style (in the sense that you get also with Ayn Rand when the belief behind the narrative briefly overcomes the narrative in a way that doesn't flow or make sense contextually). Ultimately it depends on the author's sincerity.