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The Road

Cormac McCarthy

3.92 AVERAGE

dark reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
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: Complicated

4.5 Stars. Review Placeholder.

I get that the writing is award-winning, but it is too poetic for me. It doesn't ring true. The word order and lack of commas makes it difficult to understand sentences here and there, too.
The style is addictive, though. I read half of the book my first night. Addictive, but depressing. And slow. So slow that it actually doesn't go anywhere. They literally just walk down a road for the whole book, getting no where. Heading no where? Maybe that's why I read so much at once? Because I was trying to get to something happening?

Fuck…

How did anyone like this?
The writing style may have been enjoyable for some, but it irritated me so much. Why can‰ЫЄt you use quotation marks???
This was just an annoying read from the beginning for me. I really thought this was going to get better, so I kept reading. They never give any back story which was hard for me.
I can‰ЫЄt think of one thing I liked about this book.
adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad medium-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: No
dark sad

I can fully understand why some would find this a trudge or a slog, but I really enjoyed it. Bizarre descriptions and a very simplistic dialogue that doesn’t feel like it flows from inability but understanding. I really enjoyed this book.
dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-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