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The Road

Cormac McCarthy

3.92 AVERAGE

deadoll's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

c_serpent's review against another edition

4.0

I read this in high school and loved it. I remember nothing about it right now.

anika_goldhahn's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

williambassinskidisciple's review against another edition

3.5

hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

I don’t feel like I read a book. I feel like I caught a glimpse of a life that can’t be described at all — like survival at its bleakest, strangest, & most illogical to my civilized brain.

How did Cormac McCarthy write this ? What breadth of thought to be able to conceive this type of nothingness. This darkness — darker than black, impenetrable and swallowing. It’s harrowing, sublime.

But there is hope too. A lot of hope. How did they make it that far? And I hope no one relates to this book.