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The Road

Cormac McCarthy

3.92 AVERAGE

nicolesbookreviewer's review against another edition

2.0

Eh. it is ok but it didn't make me cry. O,O

belkerd's review against another edition

2.25

dark sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

dmackinn's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

A harrowing portrayal of a future where life itself is struggling. This is the first work I have read by McCarthy and honestly I feel like this book was overhyped. There is nothing wrong with it, its an engrossing read and you can easily knock it out over a weekend. The author's style for dialog and no chapters takes a bit to get used to but it's not obnoxious. I was just expecting more.

The reader is viewing a sliver of time in the mundane struggles of a father and son barely scraping by. That's it, nothing else much happens, no grand arc just survival. I believe the author signals at the end that despite the horrors of the world that we have seen throughout there are still "good guys" out there after all and the reader can either walk away with that or with anger about the father dying.

st_ruben's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 18%

Written like a children’s story. Not my thing

dateser's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional 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

hanpire's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

the way the dialogue was written kind of confused me sometimes but overall i enjoyed it. i feel like it was really interesting bc usually in apocalypse novels there’s more interactions with other people but the whole story feels very isolated. it is a bit hopeless in some parts which makes it difficult to understand why the man and the boy would want to continue living like this, but i think it showcases human resilience and familial love. lot of religious sentiment too which i’m sure had something to do with it.