The Road in Around the Year in 52 Books

Sep 23, 2013 Nancy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: literature, dystopia

This is a dark and chilling novel which has a tension about it which means you just keep turning the pages. It is written in a very spare style with little punctuation. The sparseness of the writing matches the devastating bareness of the post-apocalyptic landscape which the man and the boy and walking through. You find yourself asking where they are going? They seem to have no end-goal - the only goal is to keep walking. It is a terrifying vision of a future where almost all humanity is gone, a ...more

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Dec 30, 2012 Cora rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: dystopia, kindle, post-apocalyptic, apocalypse

In the aftermath of a worldwide disaster (seems like a nuclear explosion) a man and his son travel south hoping to survive the bitter cold that has gripped their world. They travel through the desolation scavenging for food and water and avoiding other survivors. It is a story of survival and hope that at the end of the road they will find the other good guys. I really liked this book, despite its dismal nature. The relationship between the man and the boy was quite moving. The descriptions, mos ...more

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Feb 12, 2019 Ron rated it did not like it

No-name "he" is a concerned dad and the other no-name "he" is a whiny son, who trudge the titular "road" through an ashy post-apocalyptic world in which almost all plant and animal life is dead.

You see, years before their misguided society adopted a New Green Deal where fossil fuels were abolished, the minimum wage was set at $100 per hour, and doctors and nurses were not allowed to be paid anything because everyone has a right to health care. With no one employed or paying taxes, the American g ...more

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