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The Road

Cormac McCarthy

3.92 AVERAGE

its_naman's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I feel kinda scared giving this a 2 star rating since this book is so widely applauded (thank god StoryGraph doesn't allow comments on reviews) but it just didn't work for me. I'm the kind of person who cries easily however I couldn't bring myself to feel something for the characters even though we, the readers, get plenty of time to familiarise ourselves with the 2 protagonists. I give it an extra star for the ending which was pretty good.

kam14505's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

monica_andrea's review against another edition

3.0

Me gustó, pero no me voló la cabeza. La verdad es que no hay mucho para decir. Padre e hijo intentan sobrevivir, no solo mantenerse vivos, sino también humanos. La narrativa ok, con los diálogos incrustados y sin nombres. Breve, lo que se agradece porque no pasa gran cosa a lo largo de la historia.
Está bien y ya.

trueman0510's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

rusticredreads's review against another edition

4.0

I've listened to this via Audible while having this ugly paperback book. So I haven't really immersed myself in McCarthy run-on sentences. No quotation marks and I don't remember commas when I skimmed the book or read the book, maybe they have it. But despite that I really liked the book, where it's mostly just a father and boy trying to survive the post-apocalyptic world.

Mostly hiding, talking, whispering. There's some action but it's quickly resolved in just a couple of pages or maybe a few paragraphs.

Despite being McCarthy's well-known book people tends to rate it lower than his other works and only very few cite this as his best book. That could be said to most authors and his books like [a:Guy Gavriel Kay|60177|Guy Gavriel Kay|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1218804723p2/60177.jpg] and [b:Tigana|104089|Tigana|Guy Gavriel Kay|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348738842l/104089._SX50_.jpg|1907200], which is still the only book I've still read from Kay.

People like his [b:Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West|394535|Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West|Cormac McCarthy|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1701688704l/394535._SY75_.jpg|1065465], [b:Suttree|394469|Suttree|Cormac McCarthy|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1397600192l/394469._SY75_.jpg|1196119], [b:All the Pretty Horses|469571|All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)|Cormac McCarthy|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1706386113l/469571._SY75_.jpg|1907621], and [b:The Crossing|365990|The Crossing (The Border Trilogy, #2)|Cormac McCarthy|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1686576935l/365990._SX50_.jpg|1930437] better. And I honestly can't wait to read more of his books.

hraeth's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Bleak, like a Midwest winter without snow. I understand why this book is so iconic and the blueprint for so many masterpieces, but I can't help but feel underwhelmed.

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cjewell45's review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

viiiolet_starlight's review against another edition

4.0

dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

badb_catha's review against another edition

5.0

This is a post apocalyptic book for all time, and these dangerous times especially. It’s music in a minor key, and it will move you. It is a tale of loss and grit and grief and a slender but strong thread of hope. It made me cry. Shout out to the audiobook performance by Tom Stechshulte. It’s truly outstanding.

proseandcherries's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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