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I did not enjoy reading this, but once I started, I felt compelled to finish it. I think I knew that this would be my reaction, and that's why I delayed reading it!

This is really what I envision as a post-apocalyptic world; not just (just?!) the devastation and almost-total annihilation, but the reversion of the human being into the human animal. I have some pictures in my mind now that I really don't want there, but I was glad for the one ray of hope that McCarthy included, and an ending that
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