THE ROAD
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (531 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B009F1NNDG |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 259 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Gritty and not pretty I decided to read this book as it is the summer reading assignment for my son. I wonder how many of the 1 star reviews were from high school kids who had to read this book.I say that because of all the post apocalyptic books out there for teens, where heroes saving the world, rebelling against controlling adults, not to mention beautiful, smart and strong (Hunger games, fifth wave, divergent etc.)This is a bleak-honest view of what can really happen when the world goes to the "outhouse". There is no mention of how everything turned to ash, one can assume nuclear or asteroid hit, it doesn't re. "Didn't Love it but didn't hate it either" according to Amazon Customer. I'm not entirely sure where to begin on this one. I read a lot of reviews before starting it myself, half of them praising it from the mountain tops and the other half absolutely loathing it. I figured, it won the Pulitzer, I'll give it a shot.You know that feeling where you decide to meander into the kitchen for some snacks in the middle of a movie, only to come back and have missed some crucial detail, and you don't want to ask what happened and be that guy, so you just kind of watch, confused, until you can put the pieces together? That was like every page of this book.McCarthy's writing s. "More than a Mere "Post-Apocalyptic" Tale" according to Jon J. Cardwell. “You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.” —p.11, Location 11More than a Mere "Post-Apocalyptic" Tale “You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.” —p.11, Location 113, Kindle EditionMy friend, P. K. Vandcast wrote this in a GoodReads review about THE ROAD: “For a fledgling writer like me to write a review or comment upon Cormac McCarthy’s The Road would be akin to the Mona Lisa receiving a critique from a house painter.”Personally, I feel as pedestrian as Vandcast in this regard. For crying out loud, McCarthy won a Pulitzer Prize for this book!This is the story of a father and son, nameless travelers who have set out on a. , Kindle EditionMy friend, P. K. Vandcast wrote this in a GoodReads review about THE ROAD: “For a fledgling writer like me to write a review or comment upon Cormac McCarthy’s The Road would be akin to the Mona Lisa receiving a critique from a house painter.”Personally, I feel as pedestrian as Vandcast in this regard. For crying out loud, McCarthy won a Pulitzer Prize for this book!This is the story of a father and son, nameless travelers who have set out on a
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