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Paula Nevins asked this question about The Road:

Would you say this book is appropriate for a 15 year old boy? He needs something for an English essay that he can read independently and compare to its movie version. Thoughts or recommendations on something better would be appreciated.

Daniel It's perfect for a fifteen-year-old boy. The post-apocalyptical topic will appeal to him. It's also one of McCarthy's more accessible books with fairl…moreIt's perfect for a fifteen-year-old boy. The post-apocalyptical topic will appeal to him. It's also one of McCarthy's more accessible books with fairly straight-forward language. And, while it's bleak and relentlessly gruesome as most McCarthy novels are, it's also one of the most beautiful portrayals of the love between father and son that I have read. So, he'll stay for the action, and be inspired by the underlying message :)

"No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one’s heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes. So, he whispered to the sleeping boy. I have you." (I just teared up...)(less)

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David "It's also one of McCarthy's more accessible books with fairly straight-forward language."
Wh-wh-what?! "straightforward language"? Only if you don't c ...more
Sep 27, 2016 10:09PM · flag

Andrew Bolton I agree Daniel, I happen to be a 15 year old boy and I find this book interesting due to its apocalyptic setting.
Feb 12, 2019 08:39PM · flag

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