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The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Feb. 19th, 2009 12:10 amThe Blurb On The Back:
A father and his young son walk alone through burned America, heading slowly for the coast. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. They have nothing but a pistol to defend themselves against the men who stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food - and each other.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
It’s not a perfect book and it’s taken me a while to sort out my thoughts about it, however the fact that I still found myself thinking about it days after I’d put it on a bookshelf isn’t a common thing for me and the sparse but chilling descriptions stick in the brain. I’d have preferred a little consistency in the application of apostrophes and the ending didn’t quite work for me, but this is one award-winning book that made me understand why it was award-winning.
A father and his young son walk alone through burned America, heading slowly for the coast. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. They have nothing but a pistol to defend themselves against the men who stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food - and each other.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
It’s not a perfect book and it’s taken me a while to sort out my thoughts about it, however the fact that I still found myself thinking about it days after I’d put it on a bookshelf isn’t a common thing for me and the sparse but chilling descriptions stick in the brain. I’d have preferred a little consistency in the application of apostrophes and the ending didn’t quite work for me, but this is one award-winning book that made me understand why it was award-winning.
