“I haven't read a book as fast as I read this one in a long time. I too went out and bought a few more McCarthys.”
“I finished it last night, I read it in less then 4 days, signs of a great read.Question: the couple who get the little boy in the end...is that the same man with arrow that was in the window? ”
“I just finished it about 5 days ago. I absolutely loved it -- I went out immediately after I finished it and got All the Pretty Horses because I wanted to continue with McCarthy.”
“Left me just physically numb for a few hours. Very powerful. Ending was good, but not as strong as the rest of it. Not enough McCarthy love maybe. But if this was draining as a reader, I can't imagine how hard it would've been to write, to be carrying all this around in your head the weeks and months it would've taken him to get on paper.”
“I thought this book was a work of art. The writing was superb. Very little happens in the book yet I couldnt' put it down. Since the father brings hope to the son, every day on their search for the ocean, that same hope is brought to the reader. While horribly sad, I also found it very hopeful and life-affirming, Everyone should read this book.”
“I've been racking my brain all day trying to remember the book The Road reminds me of and finally after some im'ing with my cousin I found it:"The Girl Who Owned a City," by O.T. Nelson."A killing virus has swept the earth, sparing only children throughthe age of twelve. There is chaos everywhere, even in formelyprosperous mid-America. Gangs and fierce armies of children begin toform almost immediately. It would be the same for the children onGrand Avenue but for Lisa, a yen-year-old girl who becomes theirleader. Because of Lisa, they have food, even toys, in abundance. Andnow they can protect themselves from the fierce gangs that roam theneighborhoods. But for how long? Then Lisa conceives the idea of afortress, a city in which the children could live safely and happilyalways, and she intends to lead them there."Amazon: The Girl Who Owned a City http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0822596709"After a mysterious plague kills everybody on Earth over age 12, Lisaattempts to provide food for herself and her little brother, Todd.Gradually she realizes that there is strength in numbers, andorganizes the neighborhood kids into a 'militia' to defend theirhomes. When she realizes that the homes are too difficult to defend,she decides to move the group into the local high school and tofortify it. Children begin to arrive from everywhere, drawn to Lisa'sleadership, and the fortress soon becomes a 'city' of seven hundredchildren."”
“I loved this book - though outwardly grim and horrific in parts -I thought it was uplifting and somehow spiritually nourishing ---- most of my book group thought it was too bleak and did not even want to finish it!--- I felt like i was reading a different book from them....”
“The style of writing is very different, very sparse, a lot of fragmented senteces.Did anyone notice that words like "musnt" or "cant" have no punctuation throughout the book? It seems intentional because other words do have the proper punctuation.Does any one care to analyze that or discuss?I have an idea as to why but it needs a bit developing, as I am still not done with the entire book.Any one catch that?”
“I just could not put this book down! It haunted me for days after I finished it. The last part where he describes the fish just made me break down. I thought it was very scary and yet very moving...the best book I've read in awhile.”
“I completed it a few weeks ago and -- yes -- it was dark and sad. But I was sad when it was over. If you are like me, you will get hooked and won't be reading it for long.”
