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 Well Written, Too Depressing July 25, 2010
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was impressed with the author's images and writing ability. However, the story was so depressing, I couldn't finish the book. I certainly don't plan on seeing the movie.
 One word: Boring July 21, 2010
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Disclaimer: I only made it through 1/4 of the book. and then I couldn't finish it....so boring. No story, no revelations, nothing. Keep in mind that I am a fan of fine American literature, Steinbeck foremost among them. This is no Steinbeck. I couldn't have been less interested in the book.
 Dark but beautiful story July 21, 2010
This is one of those books that you can not put down. It is a dark look at what our future can be and how love can prevail. I loved this book and didn't want it to end
A Lonely, Depressing, Road July 19, 2010
Glenn Gallagher (Sacramento, CA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Cormac McCarthy has succeeded brilliantly, in depressing the hell out of me. The Road is a magnificent book, and that's the problem, I couldn't just ignore it, I couldn't disregard it, I had to feel the weight of the (dying) world on my shoulders. This book could literally give you nightmares. Compelling? Powerful? Yes, but I'm guessing being beaten over the head by a baseball bat is also compelling and powerful.
Save yourself some joy in life, and don't read this book unless you want to feel miserable.
Loved it! July 19, 2010
Rosangela N. A. Silva (Paraiba, Brazil)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was my first experience with a Cormac McCarthy's novel and I loved it! Once more the Kindle edition worked greatly!
This is a very well written book, full of insights and brainstorming. While the nameless protagonist does everything to show to his son that the world (even devastated) is worth living, we readers are taken into a journey of horror and sorrow by facing humankind's disintegration.
It is undoubtedly a clever novel about unconditional love and about loss. It is also a book about memories and how the world as we know deserves a celebration. What is more important that trying to run away from a desolated, grey, dry and starving reality? The man and his son do that in to major ways: literally, because the world is now a big cloud of dust, violence, ignorance; and metaphorically, on being gifted with small pieces of happiness, moments of a poetic and silent peace. The plot laconism and all punctuation directions gather us to that nothingness but also to a feeling of hope over despair. In the end, we feel we really have a commitment with the world, with protection, love, feelings; a commitment with life itself.
Great book! Excellent writing! An unforgettable experience for me.
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