Take a photo of a barcode or cover
3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
If you had strict teachers in middle school who bathed your sentence fragments in red ink, this book may start out triggering, until that is you accept that it’s actually being pulled off successfully (mostly due to interesting vocabulary and rhythm)
I think the darkest fact I realised while reading this was that I was able to make a distinction in my mind between ethical/good guy/firecarryingcannibalism and bad guy cannibalism despite the book only containing the latter. Any book that informs like this is gonna land closer to a five star rating.
One of the more interesting behaviours was how the boy showed constant fear whenever the need arose toenter a building homeless . I envy any homeless people who’ve read this since they presumably get gifted quite a kick. I think dude (the author) was kind of nomadic at points of his own life.
It didn’t matter why the apocalypse happened, but it would’ve been neat to know.
Last neat thing to mention, also contributing to a high rating, the book created like thematic sweeping depressing classical music in my head while reading it, and imagining the sky throughout was also totally worth the read on its own. Sensorium jacuzzi book.
I think the darkest fact I realised while reading this was that I was able to make a distinction in my mind between ethical/good guy/firecarrying
One of the more interesting behaviours was how the boy showed constant fear whenever the need arose to
It didn’t matter why the apocalypse happened, but it would’ve been neat to know.
Last neat thing to mention, also contributing to a high rating, the book created like thematic sweeping depressing classical music in my head while reading it, and imagining the sky throughout was also totally worth the read on its own. Sensorium jacuzzi book.
Content Warnings
The word retard is used once and it was hilarious
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
I physically couldn’t put this book down. It’s very dialogue heavy so it’s not a long read. But I was gripping and dark and I stayed up late to finish it and had to stay up later to think about it
slow-paced
At first I wasn't sure how I felt about the fragmented structure of the story—how it was broken up into little paragraphs with disjointed dialogue throughout—but by the end I felt as though this is perfect way to structurally reinforce a post-apocalyptic society, where normality has been shattered to peices.
The only issue I have with this is how it makes the dialogue appear unauthentic with very monotonous words and conversations: the over and over again "are we going to die", "we're the good guys" etc.
One of the aspects I liked the most was the relationship between the man and his son. While reading, I kept thinking of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, where there are two people waiting for something that never comes. In this story I say that the something is salvation, but yet, in spite of the sense of hopelessness, the man and his son keep going, not necessarily to find something, but to spend as much time with eachother as posssible before their time ends:
"They set out along the blacktop in the gunmetal light, shuffling through the ash, each the other's world entire."
The only issue I have with this is how it makes the dialogue appear unauthentic with very monotonous words and conversations: the over and over again "are we going to die", "we're the good guys" etc.
One of the aspects I liked the most was the relationship between the man and his son. While reading, I kept thinking of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, where there are two people waiting for something that never comes. In this story I say that the something is salvation, but yet, in spite of the sense of hopelessness, the man and his son keep going, not necessarily to find something, but to spend as much time with eachother as posssible before their time ends:
"They set out along the blacktop in the gunmetal light, shuffling through the ash, each the other's world entire."
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
For a post-apocalyptic novel, The Road didn’t quite deliver what I was hoping for. The pacing was extremely slow, and not much actually happened throughout the book, which made it feel like a bit of a drag at times. I kept expecting more, but it never really came. That said, I did appreciate how well the author conveyed the emotions of the characters—the bleakness, the desperation, and the small moments of hope. I also really liked how, no matter what, the kid always reminded his father that they were the good guys. That dynamic was the highlight for me. Overall, it had some strong emotional moments, but as a whole, it didn’t fully work for me. 2.5 stars.