A review by kessler21
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

4.0

This is a book that the style tells the story as much as the words. A post-apocalyptic story of a father and son and their travel on "The Road". The main theme of the story is the fight for survival while all is hopeless. The will to live but the desire to never have been born. Protecting the ones you love only for them to still be in a hopeless situation. Wandering somewhere but nowhere.

The writing style, descriptions, sentence structure and conversations push the question "What really matters?" "What is important?"

I also had problems with the book. Namely some plot holes in my understanding and

Spoiler

an unbelievable, possible "happy" ending.

I plan to read more McCarthy.