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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-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:
Yes
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
3.5 stars. He has an intriguing, simple, yet very descriptive writing style that I enjoyed - although, some of the vocabulary felt a bit forced. I kept a running list of words I was unfamiliar with, which was great! There are also themes that I thought were good, but overall the book isn’t one I’d recommend unless you are a big fan of the post apocalyptic genre. At times, it was too gruesome for me to endorse at large.
hopeful
mysterious
relaxing
sad
slow-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:
Complicated
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Uncontrollable sobbing. I need a few days to recover
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Dystopian and bleak.
I read The Road by Cormac McCarthy. The Road is a bleak yet profoundly moving post-apocalyptic novel that follows a father and his young son as they journey across a desolate, burned-out America. This is =not= a book that I'd recommend for the Book Club. The Road is a bleak yet profoundly moving post-apocalyptic novel that follows a father and his young son as they journey across a desolate, burned-out America. The world has been devastated by an unspecified catastrophe—possibly nuclear—leaving the landscape covered in ash, devoid of most life, and inhabited by scattered survivors, many of whom have turned to cannibalism. McCarthy’s sparse, poetic prose and the novel’s stripped-down narrative create a haunting meditation on survival, morality, and the enduring power of love in the face of total devastation.
I now see why this is deemed a classic. A short but memorable read.
I think The Road is a piece of artwork. Cormac McCarthy wrote this novel beautifully, every detail felt necessary to the story, and i felt compassion for The man and The Boy.