Cormac McCarthy - The Road

pros: -Great story -Low priced book (in paperback at least)

cons: -Dark (wouldn't recommend it for the kids) -Slow at first

Great Post-Apocalypse Book

Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" is the story of a young boy and his father trying to survive in the rou... See Full Review

pros: -emotionally deep storyline -easily become attached to characters -highly detailed post-apocalyptic world

cons: -VERY sad and gloomy book -writing style is odd and sometimes confusing

Good book! ... but NOT a light, happy read. Be careful!

I read this book in an Advanced Placement English class. Yes, I was REQUIRED to read this book, but... See Full Review

pros: Well written, great settings, you can truly relate with the charters.

cons: There is to much violence for younger readers.

Could not put it down !

The Road is a Pulitzer Prize winning novel by American writer... See Full Review

pros: touching father-son relationship, the boy's altruism, McCarthy's writing

cons: lack of quotation marks takes some getting used to, despairing backdrop

Cormac McCarthy Infuses Bleak Dystopia With Faint Hope in The Road

During my recent long (yet all-too-short) weekend in Massachusetts with my friends Erica and Art, th... See Full Review

pros: Believable

cons: Unrelievedly horrifying with only the faintest glimmer of hope at the end

Carriers of the Fire

Here is how Harper's magazine might review "The Road" -- by the numbers. The last three number... See Full Review

pros: Beautifully written, tender themes in the midst of horror, father-son relationship.

cons: Some shockingly violent scenes...

Cormac McCarthy Creates a Bleakly Magnificent World in "The Road"

Since becoming a father in 2002, I've noticed that there are particular stories...particular genres.... See Full Review

pros: a year later i'm still realizing things that i didn't get at the time

cons: the ending was slightly disappointing, but understandable

wow

Im not going to say much about this book except a few things. I wish I had written it. Its almost... See Full Review

pros: Amazing how so few words can convey so much. The dialogue is chillingly effective.

cons: Reading this will make you feel bad for a long time.

Spare, uncompromising look at the bleakest possible situation

Whew! THE ROAD is a draining, exhausting, bleak, gut-wrenching, bleak, fast-paced, bleak novel. Did... See Full Review

pros: The writing, the messages contained

cons: Some "rules" of grammar are tossed aside, intentionally.

Bleakly beautiful

This is a different kind of tale, as there is almost no story, as defined by a linear series of sign... See Full Review

pros: riveting prose, suspenseful situations

cons: how many times does the boy have to cry danger before his father listens

They Were Each Others World

&#147My job is to take care of you. I was appointed to do that by God. I will kill anyone who touche... See Full Review