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pickWork on my yard will have to wait, I just couldn‘t put this down. Arresting and bleak, and much more emotionally intense than I had expected. The Road is, on the surface, a story of survival in the aftermath of an apocalyptic catastrophe, but it‘s also a story about love and the bonds between a father and son. 9/10
pickIf you are looking for an audiobook that will provoke thought, this is it. Both intellectually and emotionally challenging, “The Road“ is a moving narrative underscored by the eloquence of the narrator. It is a highly convincing and evocative rendition of the plot that should not be missed.....
Full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6499558304
I had thought I would finally read The Road (and maybe use it for a challenge prompt requiring a sticker on the cover), so I put my copy facing out on my bookshelf. I went to grab it yesterday and…it‘s not The Road. So I searched all through my books and came up empty. Then I searched my book database and I don‘t even own it! Oh dear. Has anyone had this experience?
“Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said. You might want to think about that.
You forget some things, dont you?
Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.”
From The Road, a Pulitzer Prize #Poetic novel. Graphic novel of same coming in September.
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1. I don't care one bit about Valentine's Day, so if I have to receive anything let's keep it simple and say chocolate hearts filled with peanut butter. 😋
2. The Road - it's a brutal book, but a great illustration of parental love.
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pickMany told me this was a sad, dark, and a bleak book. I won't disagree. I also would agree with author Ryan Holiday who calls it the greatest parenting book ever written. That is what struck me deeply. This was a book about fighting for your children. It is about undying love and the strength of the human spirit. McCarthy lights up his dark world with the brightness of love. Excellent read.
I've been warned this book is a must read but will be hard. I look forward to a book that moves me to my soul. Let's see.
pickUnique survival story-a man and a boy, no names used. The two have survived in a post apocalyptic world but just barely. Hunger, dehydration, and dodging slavers, cannibals, and thieves is a 24-7 reality. Exquisite writing-Pulitzer winner
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This is easily one of my favorite books and every time I read it, I find new things that I immediately want to discuss with everyone.
pickThis book is an excellent example of how skilled writing can make even the most depressing of stories worth reading.
A man and his son travel towards the ocean in a post apocalyptic world avoiding cannibals, slavers, and every other type of human left. They must decide what and who they are in circumstances that don‘t allow them many options.
3.5/5 stars. A great read, especially after The Last of Us. I am not sure if I like the ending.
Dicen que las mujeres sueñan con el peligro que acecha a sus seres queridos y que los hombres sueñan con el peligro que corren ellos mismos.
I read this two days ago and still processing. It was on my TBR for too long but McCarthy‘s recent passing prompted me to pick it up now. Frightening and thought provoking despite its simplicity. Highly recommend.
pickThis was surprisingly good. It‘s an award-winner (usually a bad sign for me), and I didn‘t like the other book I‘ve read by this author. I found it interesting that neither of the characters had a name. It was slow-moving, and often not much happened (though there were a few things that happened along the way that got the blood pumping!), but I really liked it.
#SummerSpecial #Survival Dark & devastating. It‘s 99 degrees at 8:44 am , maybe 114 to 117 in Phoenix,Az.today.Talk about survival!
Interesting NYT article on the changes in the publishing industry, and how Cormac McCarthy would not have a shot at a successful career in today's world. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/opinion/cormac-mccarthy-publishing.html
so-soUnpopular opinion: this was not for me. I think the premise is intriguing. But there is so much that doesn‘t feel convincing: Mainly why would anyone want to continue living in a barren inhospitable horrifying world? And it is truly horrifying and devastatingly bleak.
Shit https://www.npr.org/2023/06/13/598425063/cormac-mccarthy-dies-obituary oh to add to my sorrow , Wade Goodwyn died of cancer at 63 earlier this week. Though he worked at Tx NPR, his stories sometimes went national, and that voice!
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Sparsely written and very bleak, this is nevertheless a compelling tale of a man‘s struggle to keep his kind-hearted son alive in a brutal post-apocalyptic world. Another novel that seemed fantastical a decade ago but now seems increasingly prophetic. The love that a parent has for their child, and the lengths they are willing to go to to preserve that child, is difficult to describe but McCarthy does a commendable job.
pickI‘m really in the mood for post-apocalyptic content after finishing The Last of Us on HBO (loved it, an all-time fave season of TV for me). Enter this, which I had never read, and actually I‘ve never read any Cormac McCarthy, fearing it was too brutal for me. This was brutal, but not in a way I couldn‘t handle. I loved the writing and language. The boy was just so sweet, and I spent a lot of time thinking about how he stayed that way.
pickI have been reading, watching and playing a lot of post-apocalyptic, dystopian stories lately, but none of them strike as hard as The Road. McCarthy‘s bleak style creates something that can‘t really be found in any other disaster fiction. I enjoyed it even more than during my first read some ten years ago.
#12booksof2022 Father & son try to survive in a post apocalyptic world .Such a dark , powerful read . so my 12 days of Christmas Booklist now done , this was the book for December. I was blessed in December, in a sense, a three tie.”Joan is Okay “by Weike Wang & “Mrs.Palfrey at The Claremont “ by Elizabeth Taylor were brilliant!
pickWhat a beautifully written bucket of misery this book is.A father & son in a post apocalyptic world just trying to survive.Anyone would be assumed to be the enemy , they would need what you have.Bleak yet beautiful.I admired the fathers instincts & fortitude,how he makes the most of found objects,moves towards a temperate climate.It feels like a warning to us all.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Well , it has the word Christmas in it , but this book is definitely not very Christmassy!🫤😄
1. I like both, but I‘ll go with post-apoc!
2. The tagged book is one of my very favorites, but I also love The Stand by Stephen King and Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. There‘s just something so hopeful about a post-apocalyptic world that values Shakespeare! 🥰
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1. I think I have enjoyed both but post-apocalyptic wins by a thread.
2. The Road, I gobbled it up and it still haunts me. When I worry about the state of the world, I thing of this book becoming reality, it‘s chilling. I‘m not sure I “recommend it” but it scared the hell out of me.
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1. Post-Apocalyptic, I suppose, although there's been a glut of those books recently.
2. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy. Works nicely as a parable about life and parenthood.
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With an understated tone, McCarthy managed to both shock me and move me to tears more than once. It‘s amazing how little you need in the background to tell a good story. This novel doesn‘t thrill, but I still sped through it, and I loved it enough to watch the movie the same day I finished
