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The Road
The Road
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April 1, 2025
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April 30, 2025
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What Members Thought

spoko
Apr 09, 2025 rated it really liked it
Shelves: reading-with-kids, fiction, canon-classic, speculative, dystopian
In a way, this book is responsible for my aversion to post-apocalyptic lit. I saw the movie adaptation of this when it came out, and of course knew that it came from McCarthy’s novel. The movie is bleak, to say the least, and I’ve thought back to it literally every time I’ve even considered watching or reading another piece of dystopian fiction.

So having decided to give the novel a shot, I’m surprised at how much I enjoyed it. “Enjoyed” might not be quite the right word, but it’s pretty close. T ...more
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Kristen
Jan 12, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: recommended-reading
I was fascinated by the story and the style of writing from the start... though it took me a bit to get really into.

But once I was in it, I was enthralled and by the end, devastated. AMAZING story. AMAZING writing. AMAZING novel.
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Denise
Jul 12, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction
Very, very unsettling. Extremely quick. Read it in a day!
1 like ·   · see review
Isabel
May 31, 2007 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Kind of dark, not for the overly squeamish or easily depressed. But the writing style is really interesting, and I couldn't put it down. ...more
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Jaci McCon
Dec 28, 2007 rated it it was ok
Shelves: read-in-2008, own
Absolutely harrowing and relentless...not as insightful as I would have liked, but overall rather riveting.
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Charlene
Oct 06, 2008 rated it liked it
At least it had a happy ending...
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Liz.
Jul 02, 2009 rated it it was amazing
One of the best books I've ever read. ...more
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Laurel
Jun 16, 2007 rated it really liked it
J
Jul 25, 2007 rated it really liked it
1 like · 
Andrei Rybin
Aug 18, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: american-lit
Dana
Sep 15, 2007 marked it as to-read
Susan
Nov 11, 2007 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Marcia
Apr 05, 2009 marked it as to-read
diane
Aug 31, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Kirsten
Nov 18, 2009 marked it as to-read
Pamela
Apr 05, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Carepear C
Aug 17, 2012 marked it as to-read
Ryan Bassette
Oct 30, 2012 rated it really liked it
Kai Coates
Jun 08, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Cindy
Aug 24, 2015 marked it as to-read
Shelves: 2025-spoopy-tbr
CMG (Mac)
May 25, 2016 marked it as to-read
withpins
Nov 09, 2019 rated it it was amazing
Mostafa
Apr 13, 2021 rated it really liked it
Caitlin
Mar 20, 2022 marked it as to-read
Mike
Jul 13, 2024 rated it really liked it
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Min
Mar 16, 2025 marked it as to-read
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