A review by amawomps
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

5.0

This was a classic case of “once you pick it up you can’t put it down”. All in all it probably only took me around 5 hours to read in segments, although the unique formatting definitely helped. This was a pretty haunting book, especially when no characters are actually given any names. It really comes to show the lengths to which people can survive if they have a child to take care of. The writing is simple too, almost too simple which makes the situations even more captivating. By McCarthy not giving a lot, your imagination is given the power to make up the rest, which I think makes a huge difference over whether you’re going to remember a story or not.