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My first Cormac McCarthy book. Will not be my last one.
Haunting and beautifully written. The Road is a minimalist, post-apocalyptic novel filled with sparse dialogue and lyrical prose. The novel focuses on the journey of a father and son. Very powerfully written.
I read it slowly, over a few weeks, and only when the setting was right. It was overwhelmingly dark. It was a stark and unflinching exploration about love, survival, and what it means to carry on.
Haunting and beautifully written. The Road is a minimalist, post-apocalyptic novel filled with sparse dialogue and lyrical prose. The novel focuses on the journey of a father and son. Very powerfully written.
I read it slowly, over a few weeks, and only when the setting was right. It was overwhelmingly dark. It was a stark and unflinching exploration about love, survival, and what it means to carry on.
Not sure I can rate this one. Amazing, a clarion call. But I found McCarthy annoying and full of himself, as I usually do. Would/could the end of the world be that horrible? That many people willing to forsake anything that makes them human?
Really want to give 4 stars but the depressing tone was too dark. Very detail and a bit slow, yet very very haunting. i think i'm gonna go see the movie version.
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