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The Road

Cormac McCarthy

3.92 AVERAGE

cwill3000's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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: No

cloud_nine_27's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

maxmatical's review against another edition

5.0

dark reflective sad

scooterpants's review against another edition

5.0

I love this book. It’s beautiful, even at its ugliest moments.

kimberlymcdermott's review against another edition

4.0

This was a tough one to rate. Not an uplifting book by any means! Despite the dark nature of the story it still pulled me along and I was invested in the characters. The writing style is definitely minimalist -- little punctuation and short, clipped sentences. Somehow it worked pretty well. I would have liked to know what happened to the world, but it's the author's prerogative to retain some mystery.