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The real "Walking Dead"...
Makes you realize the unrealized horror of an apocalyptic event is what comes after. You want to carry the fire, but how long can you keep carrying it...what are you prepared to witness?
I know that CM is supposedly working on something new, but if this was his final book, I'd be just fine with that. ...more
Makes you realize the unrealized horror of an apocalyptic event is what comes after. You want to carry the fire, but how long can you keep carrying it...what are you prepared to witness?
I know that CM is supposedly working on something new, but if this was his final book, I'd be just fine with that. ...more
Basically a post-apocalyptic Waiting for Godot, The Road chronicles the walking and talking of a father and son who are headed south through burned-out countryside. Some unnamed global catastrophe has destroyed all the plants and animals, and the only food left to be had is canned goods scavenged out of the shells of those houses and shops still left standing; but the catastrophe happened years ago, and most of the buildings have already been thoroughly raided. Other people walking the road may
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My first McCarthy experience, and I really liked the book. It was touching and frightening and desolate all at the same time, and I often found myself thinking about what I might do in the same situations. It felt very real, and unfortunately not a very far-fetched vision of the future. You feel left with kind of an empty feeling throughout the reading of most of this. I'm impressed by the bleak but oddly hopeful picture the author was able to paint.
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I'm not sure what I think of this book. In a way, I thought it would be worse. It's plenty rough. I like McCarthy's style, and will definitely read more of him. But I'm just not sure that after all the zombie flicks and postapocalyptic films and books I've encountered that this really got me as much as I'd assumed it would.
There's gruesome here, and very little heartwarming. But it seemed too distant for my empathy. I may have been traveling along the road with the characters, but I never felt t ...more
There's gruesome here, and very little heartwarming. But it seemed too distant for my empathy. I may have been traveling along the road with the characters, but I never felt t ...more
Uck, I have no idea why this book is so popular, I just heard they are making it into a movie! It was painful to listen to, and I deserve a medal for finishing. Totally depressing story of a post apocolyptic father and son's journey south. I don't want to give too much away but they walk...they starve...they meet bad people...they find food just in time...Repeat ad nauseum.
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A young boy and his father struggle to survive a post-apocalyptic America.
The writing is sparse and almost everything about the book is dark. As a reader, I was frustrated not knowing more details. I felt manipulated into feeling certain emotions but had no context in which to place them. Also, the ending is just a wee bit too tidy for my liking.
Still. Not a bad read. Although I prefer Alas, Babylon.
The writing is sparse and almost everything about the book is dark. As a reader, I was frustrated not knowing more details. I felt manipulated into feeling certain emotions but had no context in which to place them. Also, the ending is just a wee bit too tidy for my liking.
Still. Not a bad read. Although I prefer Alas, Babylon.
A bleak, compelling read about a father's love for his son and the instinct for survival and maintaining humanity amidst literal darkness and a society fallen completely apart. Moves really quickly. No chapters, just short connected paragraphs. Some interesting literary techniques -- none of the characters are named, some of the words (don't/couldn't) lack the apostrophe. No quotations around the dialogue.
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this is a hard book to read when you have too much time to think about an apocolypse. Very good, recommended for land based reading. I got nightmares.
A heartbreaking post-apocalyptic tale of a father and son just trying to survive to live another day. Beautifully written, raw and powerful.
Jul 12, 2012
taeli
marked it as to-read
Nov 27, 2013
Lynne
marked it as to-read-scifi
Jan 13, 2014
Nina
marked it as to-read
Apr 06, 2014
LT
marked it as to-read
