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annaa_aaaaa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Self harm, Slavery, Suicide, Trafficking, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Child death, and Pregnancy
joshkiba13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
This was my second post-apocalyptic type story after The Stand, and it was quite different than that. In The Road we solely follow a man and his son, nameless to us.
I liked how it was left ambiguous what happened to humanity and the earth, what the cause was of such desolation. And I think McCarthy did a good job having flashbacks every so often of the man's life before the world changed so. The pain he went through and goes through throughout the story for his son's protection is tender and gripping.
It was mostly travels and aims to survive with sudden and unexpected bursts of violence or horrific presentations of the grisly lengths that other people went to to survive. The contrast between the man and boy's understanding of the world always made for interesting dialogue, the boy not understanding why they couldn't help other people or be with them.
I 100% recommend the audiobook format of this book, as McCarthy doesn't use quotation marks for his dialogue, and what dialogue there is is very simple, short, and capped of with he said's, so it'd be hard to tell which character is talking without the narrator doing distinct voices. Tom Stechschulte was phenomenal as a narrator; his voice for the young boy wasn't cringy, and his voice for the father was deep, gutterly, and emotional.
In the end I'm left feeling like not a ton happened, but it leaves you with questions to ponder and such. Descriptions of the landscape were often beautiful, and every once in a while we'd get a quote about humanity and hope that we're great, such as the one I opened with.
Moderate: Blood, Violence, and Cannibalism
Minor: Death of parent
emamoretti03's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Tutto è perfetto in questo libro, la scrittura è impeccabile. È una scrittura secca, cupa, essenziale, non vengono neanche detti i nomi dei personaggi ma semplicemente uomo e bambino e ciò rispecchia il mondo post-apocalittico che viene descritto, dove niente ha più importanza se non sopravvivere. È talmente importante la sopravvivenza che porta a fenomeni di cannibalismo ma per l'uomo la vera importanza è il bambino, suo figlio. È un romanzo toccante, malinconico che ti angoscia tramite la descrizione di questo mondo non tanto lontano dal nostro. Con queste guerre in corso mi ha fatto veramente riflettere sul dove stiamo arrivando con questa società.
Lo rileggerei mille volte
Graphic: Rape, Cannibalism, Violence, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Violence, Suicide, and Death of parent
st_ella_r's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Grief, Body horror, Child death, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Moderate: Pregnancy and Slavery
Minor: Excrement
cati's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
I didn't cry at all, but I'm feeling choked up just thinking about it. This book had me going "McCarthy, you sick, sick man!" at times. Like, it's insane. This passage:
Graphic: Death of parent and Child death
Moderate: Chronic illness, Blood, Death, and Cannibalism
martinovig's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.0
Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Child death, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Gun violence
sidneyt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, and Cannibalism
whatthesquids's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Cannibalism, Slavery, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
linda_ws's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Grief, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Cannibalism
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Torture, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Slavery, and Rape
jorgus_gorge's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Self harm, Cannibalism, Abandonment, Child death, Cursing, Death, Murder, Death of parent, Gore, and Suicidal thoughts