Does the dog die?
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Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
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umbrellacycle
Multiple dogs and puppies die.
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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umbrellacycle
Women are likened to 'transvestites' in a way that is clearly meant to be unflattering.
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Are there spiders?
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umbrellacycle
At one point spiders are mentioned as one among a list of potentially dangerous creatures living in an area, but they are not frequently brought up or the focus of much attention/description.
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Is there audio gore?
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It’s a book
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Is there a large age gap?
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umbrellacycle
Several adult characters target younger characters, including children.
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Abuse
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Is there domestic violence?
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Sid
It’s hinted that Judge Holden is a child rapist. Throughout the book children are put in horrible situations and murdered
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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Alcohol abuse
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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They’re all drunks
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Animal
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Does a horse die?
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A horse dies of a snakebite and other horses fall into a canyon
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umbrellacycle
Yes, there are frequent, gory animal deaths.
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Are animals abused?
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umbrellacycle
Yes, there is frequent animal cruelty, including sadistic abuse.
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dog fights break out several times to gory effect but aren't organised by humans
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Does a pet die?
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Glanton and Lincoln’s Dogs are both burned alive
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Are there bugs?
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Maggots in a festering wound
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Assault
Is there pedophilia?
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umbrellacycle
There are multiple sexual situations referenced between adult characters and children. Also, depending on interpretation, several of the major characters might be seen as preferentially preying on children.
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umbrellacycle
Not literally 'onscreen', but sexual violence is treated as a given by most of the characters and there are descriptions of or references to multiple rapes.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Lots of scalping
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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umbrellacycle
A character attempts to drown themselves and is dragged out.
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Is there amputation?
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There is a necklace of ears, people are scalped and genitals are cut off
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Does a head get squashed?
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EddieCole
The heads of native American babies are smashed against rocks
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Is there a hanging?
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Anonymous
Public hangings for crimes
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Does someone break a bone?
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umbrellacycle
Yes, multiple, including open fractures.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Anonymous
Yes, and a main character wears a necklace of teeth
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Does someone fall to their death?
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From mountains
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Sid
Every body part is mutilated in this book
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Is there excessive gore?
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Incredibly excessive
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Unearthly
Children and babies are brutally and graphically killed
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Is a minor sexualized?
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umbrellacycle
The characters repeatedly express (an act on) interests in both ambiguously-aged characters only described as 'young', but also characters who are confirmed as underage by modern standarnds.
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Sid
There is a character known as “the idiot”, “the imbecile”, “the cretin” etc who is referred to as if he is an animal or an object (called “it” instead of “he”) and is locked naked in a cage by his brother
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Sid
Everyone dies
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Does someone cheat?
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Glanton has a wife but sleeps with prostitutes. It’s not really mentioned and it’s like the least evil thing he does
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Is there a shower scene?
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Several bathing scenes
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Wounded people vomit blood, but there isn’t as much vomiting in this book as you would expect
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Does someone spit?
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Sid
The sentence “the kid spat” is probably used dozens of times
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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wross
This book is set 152 years prior to the September 11th attacks
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Medical
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Sid
When the kid has the arrow removed from his leg
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Mental Health
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Sid
The idiot eats his own faeces
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Sid
The idiot is probably the least violent character in the book
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umbrellacycle
A character potentially tries to kill themselves by drowning.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Noxious
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Pregnancy
Are there babies or unborn children?
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Sid
There is a tree of dead babies
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Does a pregnant person die?
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EddieCole
The mother of the protagonist is said to have died giving birth
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Prejudice
Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Sid
The whole character of the idiot. He is treated like a dog by the other characters and referred to as “it”
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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umbrellacycle
Yes, regularly.
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Sex
Is there bestiality?
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Unearthly
Not explicitly, but mentioned in conversation.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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Sid
Not a huge amount to be honest. The native Americans sodomise some of the people they kill and the Glanton gang sleep with prostitutes a few times but it’s not described at length or anything
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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EddieCole
The ending can be interpreted as a "triumph of evil" kind of thing
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Vehicular
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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Lettucebeepbeep
It's called Blood Meridian for a reason
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Is there gun violence?
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Sid
A lot of space is devoted to describing the guns and the various issues the characters have with them. This is before the invention of bullets so they use gunpowder and lead balls
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