Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

149 reviews

jorgus_gorge's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Self harm, Cannibalism, Abandonment, Child death, Cursing, Death, Murder, Death of parent, Gore, and Suicidal thoughts

leah_alexandra's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

This will rip your heart out and tear it in two. One of the bleakest, most difficult to grapple with books I’ve ever read, but I could not put it down. Distinct and effective prose—worked so well to convey the feelings of the kinds of experiences the characters were going through. Oof overall. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Cannibalism, Body horror, and Medical content

crustywhitedog's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Suicide, and Death

lyndsmarie321's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

A book about sacrifice, survival, & familial love. I knew there was a slim chance the ending would be happy; however, it seemed inconclusive, like there was more to be told. Perhaps I am not seeing the symbolism. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

bitterpearl's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• 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? No

5.0

It's an eye-opener about the effects of climate change on our planet, but at the same time the author teaches us that if current society is stripped bare of its material wealth, power, and pleasures, nothing else will help the human race but love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Mental illness, Gore, Physical abuse, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Body horror, Sexual assault, Death, Sexual harassment, Violence, Cannibalism, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, and Child death

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

tkroeker's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This book is a challenging read. The writing is solid throughout, at times impeccable. At its best it is straight poetry, which contrasts with raw matter-of-fact depictions of unimaginable brutality and loss of humanity. It is a clever device McCarthy uses to mirror the abstraction that traumatized people must undergo in order to avoid their own insanity. It’s well worth the read if you can stomach it. Stars docked for preference more than quality. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Torture, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Slavery, Kidnapping, and Suicide

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

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