*Christie* read and liked Brenda's review of The Road:

"Beautifully written. So heart wrenching to read. No name for the characters but it didnt matter you still were drawn to them and so wanted to see a safe, warm, place for this father and son's journey to end. Makes you appreciate the simple little...more Beautifully written. So heart wrenching to read. No name for the characters but it didnt matter you still were drawn to them and so wanted to see a safe, warm, place for this father and son's journey to end. Makes you appreciate the simple little things we take for granted and it was hard to put the book down and not carry their story with you.(less) "

*Christie* read and liked Annalisa's review of The Road:

"I thought this book was beautiful-dark but beautiful. Post apocalypse and beauty are usually mutually exclusive, but a man's love for his son is the one shining beacon in this bleak world. I could sympathize with the need to forge ahead for your chil...more I thought this book was beautiful-dark but beautiful. Post apocalypse and beauty are usually mutually exclusive, but a man's love for his son is the one shining beacon in this bleak world. I could sympathize with the need to forge ahead for your child, to protect, to remember, to teach. Normally grammatically incorrect prose bothers me, but it works here. Skeletal scene, skeletal characters, skeletal writing. And in those missing apostrophes and quotation marks and descriptions were the weight of things unsaid in the man's, and the boy's, heart. But I still felt them. In a handful of words, McCarthy vividly captures the essence of the story. In the end, I got a little teary-eyed, but I don't think I was sad as much as touched by the hope, the love, the perseverance of the human spirit. (less) "

*Christie* read and liked Rachel's review of The Road:

"I can't decide on a four or five rating for this. I thought for sure that the very most I could give it was a three when I was halfway through it, but the book is unforgettable. It is so dark and I felt like I was holding my breath the whole book fo...more I can't decide on a four or five rating for this. I thought for sure that the very most I could give it was a three when I was halfway through it, but the book is unforgettable. It is so dark and I felt like I was holding my breath the whole book for this father and his son. How McCarthy manages to weave hope and humanity into such an utterly bleak landscape is incredible to me. This book is frightening and beautiful and I have to tell you, simply brilliant. (less) "