The Road: Pulitzer Prize Winner

So, this book is loved & held highly by those who have read it. It is written well & it immerses you into their world .. unfortunately it's a WHOLE LOT OF STORY towards nothing. I understand the CMcC didn't write in villains in the traditional sense since the world itself is the villain. A vaste wasteland of waiting death. A father and son are the only characters of depth. All others are around for a single page and gone. The relationship between the father & son is robotic & distant. I guess they are a product of their surroundings, this is a dystopian novel after all. The sons constant lack of conversational skill is annoying and I had enough of all the "okay" & "we should help him" talk. It was engaging, and I liked that, but it led to no action. They ran into 6 people at most in the book. Something like that. I hear plenty of people speak on how sad it is, enough for their tears to be warranted... I didn't see any of that. 2.5/5. Middle of "The Road" book. See what I did there! 😁

The Road is a haunting yet beautifully written story about a father and son wandering the desolate remains of a world that once was. McCarthy masterfully illustrates the utter despair and desperation that might be displayed during the last gasps of humanity as well as humanity's determination and resilience with raw emotions and graphic imagery. If you enjoy reading books that take you on a rollercoaster of emotions from despair and desperation to feeling hopeful and loved then The Road is for you.

Set in the post-apocalyptic world, the story of "The Raod" takes us on a journey with a father and a son who are trying to survive and find a place more suitable for life. As the novel unfolds, we follow them through an extremely bleak and desolate landscape of devastated and destroyed America. The landscape is sparsely populated with other human characters, most of whom are dangerous and a threat. The food supplies are scarce, and the characters are constantly on a verge of starvation. The nature of the apocalypse is never spelled out, and in many respects is not consequential for the main thrust of the story. The main focus of the narrative is the personal story between the father and the son, and the lengths to which the former is willing to go for the sake of the latter. It is a gripping and haunting tale, probably with the most depressing overall atmosphere of any work of fiction out there. And yet, it is extremely hard to put the novel down, and given enough time it could conceivably be read in a single sitting. After having finished it, the characters and images have stayed with me for weeks. Which brings me to the following point: if you are squeamish and easily frightened, this may not be the best book for you. Before reading this book, I was only acquainted with Cormac McCarthy's works through their movie adaptation. However, this book left such an impression on me that now I want to go back and read his other novels. I also cannot wait to see the upcoming movie adaptation of this book. This is a true literary masterpiece and an absolute must-read.