“I thought this book was ok.But again not as good as I was expectiing and it didn't make me want to read any more books by this author.”
“The ending was actually far more hopeful than I was expecting. a lot of possibilities were going through my head as to what it would be, and what I was preparing for didn't quite happen. (can't really say more without giving the ending away...)”
“A bit different in its writing style from other works of popular fiction, but surprisingly profound. It shows the reader the importance of the relationship between the father and his son and the evil that humans are capable of (murder, torture, rape, stealing, etc.) but also how we're capable of unconditional love even in the absolute worst of circumstances - even at the end of civilization and the world as we know it.”
“Meteorite impact, maybe?”
“Lacks solid context caused by tiresome repetition. Very dark and beautiful texture. A ghost in my head tells me that the movie will be better.”
“I liked the minimilist style. I must admit, however, that I didnt notice the punctuation deletions and missing apostrophes until I was on about page 50. The interaction with other nameless characters was somewhat syncopated, which added to the tension, therefore, throwing you slightly off-balance. Although it was a depressing read for me, the fact that the family that takes the boy in at the end could be representative of the reader, made the ending more conclusive and less dystopoic.”
“Great book, and very sad. One of the few books that had me in tears at the end.”
“Yes, it is written in a different way. No quotation marks, no chapters. It is an easy read if you want to cruise through it, but I want to take my time a little. I'm not halfway through yet, and find it interesting so far. Intense and frightening. I'm still wondering if the cause of the fall of civilization will be revealed, or if it will be up to the reader to interpret this. Lots of fires and ash, so....”
“The Road is a book that really makes you think and challlenges the mind. With my first encounter of the book I put it down after 50 books and didn't pick it up for awhile after that. I wasn't impressed at all, because first of all I didn't know what was going on and second of all I had no interest. I hadn't realized what effect and power that this book had until I had discussed it more in a Socratic Seminar that I was involved with. Cormac McCarthy really hit it on the spot with the relationship between the man and his son. Their relationship is so strong and really kept the book interesting, especially with the dialogue that he used. His use of no punctuation and wrong punctuation really showed the emphasis of them talking and connecting. The narration really played a huge role also, because it was like he had voice in the book, while he was telling the story.One of the biggest connections that I had to The Road was how it could possibly what our world has coming for itself. Fahrenheit 451 really was the beginning and this puts the icing on the cake. Fahrenheit 451 shows how the world becomes so technology based and really ruins the world. Everyone in the civilization runs off of each other and no one is ahead of another. They watch television all the time and burn books, because books bring nothing to the table for them. Eventually the city gets burned up and Guy Montag has to keep the fire going to recivilize and bring the world to a better place. Well in my opinion The Road is just the aftermath of Fahrenheit 451, the post-apocalyptic era occurs because of man's fighting to be the best. The civilization kills itself, because of the determination to be the best. As sad as it is, this is where the human civilization is headed now.”
“i have nooo idea what this book is about and i just wanted to know from a person who has read it and say if its good or bad”
