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How did I get so lucky to read two 5 star books back to back? Unknown to me at the time, I chose to read two Pulitzer's back to back.
I do not normally read dystopian fiction but wanted to listen to a short book before I started Justin Go's The Steady Running of the Hour which was not published until Tuesday. The shortest book in my Audible library was Cormac McCarthy's The Road which won the Pulitzer in 2005.
An extremely bleak tale of an unnamed man and his son, whose name and age are also unkno ...more
I do not normally read dystopian fiction but wanted to listen to a short book before I started Justin Go's The Steady Running of the Hour which was not published until Tuesday. The shortest book in my Audible library was Cormac McCarthy's The Road which won the Pulitzer in 2005.
An extremely bleak tale of an unnamed man and his son, whose name and age are also unkno ...more
One of the many books I read while living in Texas.
DARK!
My daughter chose this as her contemporary novel selection for an AP Lit class, and I'd always meant to read it, so I decided to join her. Wow.
I've read two of the three Border Trilogy novels, and I am awed by McCarthy's writing. This one was as affecting as the others.
Dark and eerie, yet constantly thought-provoking and emotionally charged, The Road got under my skin, in the back of my mind, and haunts my thoughts. The moment I finished, I knew I would need to read it again. ...more
I've read two of the three Border Trilogy novels, and I am awed by McCarthy's writing. This one was as affecting as the others.
Dark and eerie, yet constantly thought-provoking and emotionally charged, The Road got under my skin, in the back of my mind, and haunts my thoughts. The moment I finished, I knew I would need to read it again. ...more
A little long but a great ending and many good lessons. A little tedious at times but that is kind of the point. Not a happy book but one that makes you think.
Amazing prose.
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