What went wrong?

>>9044976
Oprah.

>>9044978
More than that

As in, what caused the apocalypse? Who cares?

Probably a vulcano, maybe Yellowstone or something. Or an asteroide.

>>9045073
As in, why is it so much worse than everything else he's written?

He ran out of ideas. This is essentially his "Sanctuary"

>>9045146
>fifty years of trying to be Faulkner

Makes ye think

>>9045267
>fifty years of trying to be Faulkner

That's not even remotely true.

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>>9044976
>>9045113
they hint at ash being inhaled, so id guess something like that

>>9045144
i dont think that is a fair assessment. this is a light read, but it isnt worse than what else he has written

I have to read blood meridian for a class can someone tell me if it's good or bad?

>>9045437
Yes.

He forgot that he's not actually above the rules of style and grammar that make writing legible. He also forgot that writing like a pretentious asshole is incredibly transparent to all but the most braindead idiots and makes the reader actively dislike the writer and stop giving a shit about the actual events transpiring in the book itself.

>>9046160
This book is at the very least easier and more traditionally written than Blood Meridian, so long as you don't got a peanut-brain. It's kind of corny but I like it more than I liked Blood Meridian, if anything I would apply your criticism to BM as opposed to The Road.

>>9046160
Did you actually read The Road though

Because its main problem is that he doesn't like YeCarthy and uses simple English with no purple prose at all which makes it ultra fucking dull