Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

132 reviews

izzykai's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

It was quite repetitive to be honest. It felt like the same sad day repeating for 300 pages and then an underwhelming ending with few questions answered. When something exciting did happen it was over so quickly. There are no chapters which sucks cause I like having chapters as checkpoints. 

The minimal punctuation was a weird choice. Not using quotation marks sometimes made reading the dialogue confusing... and the run on sentences and not a single exclamat!on po!nt gave a deadpan college essay feel. I know this was done purposefully to set a certain vibe but I did not prefer it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Child death, and Death of parent

byelingual_kegan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Violence, Death, Child death, Death of parent, Cannibalism, and Murder

jakessrn's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Torture

ms_sarah621's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

• 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 is a quick, dark novel about a man and his son surviving the apocalypse. The conversations between the two characters are heartbreaking and interesting. It’s impossible to try and understand how to raise a child in this horrific situation. How do you explain anything? We get to see the man struggle with this, and how the boy responds to the horror he witnesses. The story is very bleak and, at times, unfocused. However, there is not much in this world to focus on except survival. The differences between the boy and the man are interesting to watch as they handle situations with different perspectives. It is thought-provoking and reads very fast. I enjoyed the experience, but a few times I was slowed down by the writing or what was happening. But, to make an entertaining book in a world where nothing happens, that’s impressive. Would recommend the read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Cannibalism, Body horror, and Death of parent

grankottekarin's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

It's a really good book, thought provoking and written in an interesting way. It probably deserves a higher rating but, even if I appreciated it, it wasn't really my cup of tea

There were so many bad things constantly happening that you got kind of numb to it - but then again there's some meaning in that too

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Trafficking, Suicide, Murder, Grief, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Torture, Animal death, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Vomit

wolfgold's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, and Blood

ee_comins's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, Gun violence, Cannibalism, and Kidnapping

isthisbooktaken's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.25

I liked the writing style and found unexpected beauty (and unanticipated horror) in The Road. I’ve always heard about this book and thought I knew how it’d be before I read it. Now I feel like I’ve heard about it largely from people that hadn’t actually read it themselves. It is definitely dark and rather bleak and while it may not be for everybody, I do think it’s absolutely worth a read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

Minor: Murder and Suicide

mizzy406's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Excrement, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Death of parent, Gore, and Grief

rottenromance's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Slavery, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Gore, Kidnapping, Suicide, Physical abuse, Animal death, Confinement, Body horror, Violence, Sexual violence, and Child abuse