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Jan 13, 2024tjdickey rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The Road is an extremely powerful and cathartic narrative experience, though not at all a comfortable one...
Sep 15, 2023sxl rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
So dark, intense, foreboding, but I know it could be our reality. Heart piercing, spiritual, universal.
Sep 14, 2023
So so depressing... Good male read.
Aug 07, 2023mc2cfo1 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Beautiful book. Easy read and simple language but it was not insulting to one's intellect. Imagery and intense thoughts.
Jun 07, 2023blue_dog_41158 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This book was unlike any other that I had ever read before. The writing is absolutely beautiful. The lack of punctuation and quotations makes the story much more impactful. Readers never knowing what's going to happen next, or what awaits…
May 31, 2023Kimberleygray rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Dystopian story about a father and child traveling south after some sort of apocalypse. You never find out what happened but everything is ash and it seems like all the trees are dead and there are no animals left. You never find out the…
May 24, 2023BIGpapa_duds rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Cormac McCarthy is the greatest living author of our time. The Road is hauntingly beautiful, with its dark and vivid themes, and entirely mesmerizing story, this novel is one that I would call perfect.
Apr 27, 2023Herrickdl_Matthew rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A beautifully written and haunting story about the bonds of family at the end of the world. While taking place in a post-apocalyptic setting, the main themes of this novel deal more with the relationship between father and son than…
Apr 22, 2023jiya_j rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This is one of those books that struggles to keep me awake. The author barely describes the world and just tells out what’s happening or there. There were many times i felt so disengaged and wondering whether i should continue… but it…
Dec 27, 2022joyful2743 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A story of survival, of a father's love for his son and his determination the boy live. It's a dark tale of an apocaliptic time. Some violence.
Nov 27, 20221jerry rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Amazing! Twisted dark and beautiful!
Oct 01, 2022connorpwrong rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The Road is a perfect encapsulation of a father's love for his child; Cormac McCarthy is not afraid to broach difficult subject matter, but he does it with such delicate prose and cunning planning that one can't help but to binge-read.
Jul 19, 2022BiblioJP rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
McCarthy utilizes a very unique style of writing that perfectly conveys the atmosphere of this post-apocalyptic world. It is also a breeze to read; when combined with the thrilling story, I was able to finish the novel in four or five…
Feb 03, 2022CallieTeacher rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
The story was okay. The writing was excellent, but the story itself was boring. No clear background on what happened to the Earth, vegetation, animals, etc.
Dec 22, 2021Kimthereadingqueen rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
You love it or hate it.
Dec 21, 2021Vitun23 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
There’s no hope for survival, and humanity is taking its final breath. McCarthy’s captivating tale, The Road, depicts a post-apocalyptic world where a father and son trek across desolate land in search of a place where life would be…
Dec 15, 2021ReadingAdviser_Aaron rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I read this book for the first time closer to when it came out ('07 or '08) and I blazed through it in a single night. The Road helped launch my love of literary sci fi and post apocalyptic books. I never realized you could do something…
Oct 25, 2021JCLCharlesH rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This bleak post-apocalyptic novel follows a father and son in their daily struggles for life on the road after an unnamed disaster. At its core, this book is about keeping one's humanity and hope alive in the face of utter hopelessness.…
Oct 18, 2021ekavery01 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
There is bravery in simply continuing. This book taught me that. This book also taught me that you never know when something is about to fall in your lap & turn your point of view around positively. Just when they were out of resources,…
Oct 12, 2021Kidbean rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
It was a pretty good read. Choppy one word lines can get annoying and the repeated words easily lead to skipped pages.
Oct 05, 2021ReadingAdviser_Sally rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This book has been sold as classic horror and for me it didn't quite hold up. It is an epic survival and apocalypse story but not so much straight out horror. I found it to be repetitive and a little clunky but maybe that's just because…
Jul 21, 2021BPLTeenVolunteers rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
The Road by Cormac McCarthy, is a novel about a man and his son struggling to cross the country in a post-apocalyptic world. This book has a very slow start. As you begin reading, it is very hard to continue. However, once you reach page…
Jul 14, 2021JeffcoTeens rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
There are at least two people walking along a road in a burned America: a father and his son only see the wind blowing the ashes through the air. It’s cold, and when it snows the snow is grey and the sky is so dark it's like nighttime. …
Dec 10, 2020
Do not read this book unless you are looking for a good cry. Portrayed are the extremes that man will go through to stay alive or even just avoid a painful death. This book is hopeless, but in the midst of it all the boy is a symbol of…
Nov 16, 2020yvettedun rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Very dark, so be in a good place when you read it. Despite that, the language is beautiful. I felt the hopeless hope they held out.