Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: A dark and provocative book.

A dark tale that includes one of the most evil villains imagineable, Blood Meridian takes the reader on a journey with a motley gang of indian hunters through the American southwest of 1848. McCarthy uses graphic descriptions that really put the reader in touch with the violence of the book, and the violence is not nearly as disturbing as the ending. However, he tells the story in a way that captures the essence of the situation in such a way as to make the violence necessary and immediate so as to prevent it from becoming gratuitous.Upon completing this book, I found myself deeply concerned and completely moved, and I realized that I loved this book even though it was not really a joy to read. It is most definitely not the page turner that some of McCarthy's later books are. Yet, it is probably his best book because of how it affects the reader. Blood Meridian is a beautiful and violent epic tale, and I highly recommend it.