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The Road
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What Members Thought

Ash
(7/5/2012)
Lol. This book apparently gave me nightmares. Whole night I was dreaming about being one of the last few people on Earth. Never knew this book had such an impact on me. :D

Pulitzer Prize winner.
A very quick read. I must not have spent more than 5-6 hrs on this book. Beautifully narrated. It is kinda like "I am Legend", but less scary. I thought it will be too tragic but it wasn't a completely sad book. I loved the writing style. Very different. There are no chapters and there are only
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Greg
The version I got of this book, from my local library via OverDrive has my hated formatting issue, major whitespace between paragraphs. And I mean major in this case... In some cases it looks like its two lines, not just one.

So I'm returning this version to the library...
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David Benson
Aug 12, 2011 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
One of those books that has you thinking about it for months after you finish it. Breathtaking!
Ash
Rereading my favorite after 13 years for a book club meet. (Last read on July 5,2012)
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Jan 23, 2011 rated it really liked it
Phil Adams
Feb 03, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Josh
Jul 27, 2011 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: sci-fi
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Aug 12, 2011 rated it it was ok
Shelves: o, rtw
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Shelves: speculative, dnf
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