The notion that you have to understand immediately what you are reading is nonsense. If you don't understand it don't let it hold you back. Great works of art should be enjoyed more than once. Great poetry can leave you confused on the first read but that should invite you to read it more and more. Great poetry sustains thousands of readings. Shakespeare's canon is absolutely endless. The more readings done the better you'll understand and that is fine. Blood Meridian will sustain me for the rest of my life. I will read it at least once a year and keep finding new things to take away from it. Now don't be discouraged and just read the book. Also stay off the internet because it sounds like you know too much about BM before diving into and there is an endless amount of spoilers here. I read it cold, I had no idea what I was in for. And honestly, all books and films, music and art, should be experienced cold.
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The notion that you have to understand immediately what you are reading is nonsense. If you don't understand it don't let it hold you back. Great works of art should be enjoyed more than once. Great poetry can leave you confused on the first read but that should invite you to read it more and more. Great poetry sustains thousands of readings. Shakespeare's canon is absolutely endless. The more readings done the better you'll understand and that is fine. Blood Meridian will sustain me for the rest of my life. I will read it at least once a year and keep finding new things to take away from it. Now don't be discouraged and just read the book. Also stay off the internet because it sounds like you know too much about BM before diving into and there is an endless amount of spoilers here. I read it cold, I had no idea what I was in for. And honestly, all books and films, music and art, should be experienced cold.