I just finished reading The Road. I gave it 5 stars. It’s epic. However, that’s not a universal opinion, especially on Goodreads where some readers gave it a 1. For those of you who had read it, please share your thoughts. I’m curious how this community judges it.
by Miserable_Coast701
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I thought it was fantastic.
Dark, dread inspiring, stressful — loved it.
I loved it. I gave it to my boyfriend to read and 18 years later he still tells me it’s the worst thing he’s ever read.
Was my first McCarthy book many many years ago. Once I got past the different/unique nature of his writing (style and visually), I loved it. I felt his writing had a distinct cadence in that book that pulled me all the way in.
It’s a fantastic novel. There’s some beautiful language even if it is more plain spoken than the southwestern novels.
One of the great testaments of filial love & in the end, the immutability of our inherent dignity against all odds. Against death even.
It’s great.
I had a bet at work once with a co-worker where we traded the worst book we’d ever read & the one I gave him to read was *The Road.* It’s certainly not poorly written or anything like that. It’s just the most relentlessly bleak book I’ve probably ever read. Pretty sure I won the get.