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pmpmpmpm 26 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: To become a better writer, read as much as you can

I second this, CM is an incredible storyteller. Blood Meridian is one of my favorite novels & made me want to write.

jebarker 26 days ago [–]

> Blood Meridian is one of my favorite novels

I cannot fathom how people enjoy that book. I appreciate the writing (and love other CM books) but Blood Meridian felt like a gratuitous ordeal to me. I tried watching lit professors lecture about it too but I still just don’t get it.

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