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The Road

Cormac McCarthy

Start date: September 2, 2014

Finish date: September 30, 2014

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Mar 21, 2010 BJ Rose rated it really liked it

Shelves: spring-challenge, futuristic, dystopia

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 ...more

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Mar 22, 2009 Mackenzie rated it it was ok · review of another edition

This book was recommended by someone who felt a deep spiritual connection to the journey and contrasting beliefs of the father and son. I just did not have the same reaction to their journey. Maybe I went in with too many expectations, but I did not connect the way I wanted to.

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