A review by nora__reads
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

A bleak and depressing view of the world after a nuclear war. Reading it right now, during a global pandemic, has been a strange experience. This book shows the power of fatherly love, and the lengths humans go to survive, to ‘carry the flame’. 

I think this book is pretty pessimistic (comes with the territory I suppose!) and that meant it wasn’t a 5* for me. It was a masterclass in the power of sparse prose and a deeply affecting story. 
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