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The Road by Cormac McCarthy
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
An often brutal and harrowing story of a Father and Son’s journey south, fighting starvation, the elements and raiders or cannibals in a post apocalyptic world.
There are few bright spots for the untamed father and son, and any happy time for them is quickly swallowed by the brutal reality of their situation.
Throughout the Father is clearly struggling, but he has to carry on to protect the boy, it is his only mission but this weighs heavy on him and he needs to ensure the boy is ready to carry on without him if needs be.
This is the book that helped make post apocalyptic one of my favourite genres, I’ve read it countless times and yes it’s depressing as hell and so bleak but I just can’t help but throw myself into this father and son journey.
I love the lack of answers in this book, it can often be annoying not knowing everything but with this, not being certain how the world became like this, when it’s set and though it’s suggested it’s set in the US, its not flat out stated, this leaves the focus directly on the man and boy. Ultimately their survival is the key thing, the rest is unimportant.
I’m not going to say this is a book for everyone as it’s not, it’s a lot and there isn’t much happiness to it but it is a great book, its one of my all time favourites, I would however highly recommend everyone give it a go!
An often brutal and harrowing story of a Father and Son’s journey south, fighting starvation, the elements and raiders or cannibals in a post apocalyptic world.
There are few bright spots for the untamed father and son, and any happy time for them is quickly swallowed by the brutal reality of their situation.
Throughout the Father is clearly struggling, but he has to carry on to protect the boy, it is his only mission but this weighs heavy on him and he needs to ensure the boy is ready to carry on without him if needs be.
This is the book that helped make post apocalyptic one of my favourite genres, I’ve read it countless times and yes it’s depressing as hell and so bleak but I just can’t help but throw myself into this father and son journey.
I love the lack of answers in this book, it can often be annoying not knowing everything but with this, not being certain how the world became like this, when it’s set and though it’s suggested it’s set in the US, its not flat out stated, this leaves the focus directly on the man and boy. Ultimately their survival is the key thing, the rest is unimportant.
I’m not going to say this is a book for everyone as it’s not, it’s a lot and there isn’t much happiness to it but it is a great book, its one of my all time favourites, I would however highly recommend everyone give it a go!