The Road
Ratings1,207
Average rating4
This was a book that I started to read multiple times but I wasn't able to get into it due to the unique writing style. The book isn't broken up into chapters, and it starts at a slow pace which made it difficult to find good stopping points early on. This, along with the writing style consisting of many run-on sentences, is what blocked me mentally from truly diving into it. Once I finally did, however, it was well worth it.
This book has a lot of dark themes over human nature and how we as people react in grim circumstances. In this post-apocalyptic world there are many gruesome acts that made me wince while reading, and during this journey with a father and son they were plentiful. As I continued reading and getting past that initial slump, I found myself reading long chunks of pages without even realizing it as I was so engrossed in this book. The ending was definitely surprising to me and I think that it summed up the world very well while showing both sides of humanity.
Overall, I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes dark apocalyptic stories. The only true ding in this book is the writing style, but if you can get through that you will easily find this book worthy of reading again.
if you're in an apocalypse... please drop your morals and just eat dead people like everyone else
if i was in an apocalypse i would simply not let someones death be in vain and imma EAT. Like damn give me that femur bone and let me nibble at it
One of the saddest books I've read in a long time. It is a book full of saddness, loss, despair, death and just a drop of hope.
It felt like The Last of Us without characters that I actually cared or knew anything about.
A simple and moving story of a father and son trying to get from point A to point B in a post-apocalyptic world. The punctuation and structure of the text itself has a bleak and razed feel, abbreviations and quotations burned away.
It's a quick read. Somewhat depressing, since it's about the world after it has ended, but well worth reading.
Walk, push a cart, “I'm hungry.”, look for food, “be careful,” hide, walk more.
Bleak is okay with me. Boring is not. Points for style, though.
Not my favorite but I can't really put my finger on why. Maybe I would've liked more worldbuilding.
One of the best books I've read: powerful, imaginative, and gripping. The sentences are as sparse as the apocalyptic landscape of the story, accompanied by very little punctuation except for commas and periods. But the love of the father for his son shines through and the book had me in tears by the end. Masterfully written.
One of the most surprising, interesting books I've read. It is really dark, in the gritty sense of it, and yet, you feel compelled enough to keep on reading because they are still very human, both the father and the son. And the ending... Trust me, go put it in your tbr. It's horribly sad, obviously, in a Mad Max post apocalyptic world vibe, but still honest and very photographic.
Read the first half of this book in my IB English class back in high school, then never finished it (Sorry Mrs. Russell). It's been weighing on me for years having never finished it. Glad I finally did!
Absolutely amazing read, little less raw than Blood Meridian, but still just as stark. I don't usually cry for books but this one made me. It's powerful and will keep you reading page after page.
The writing style took a few pages to get into, but the vibes of this book are top-notch
Bleak, dreary and boring. Literally described mundane tasks in a repetitive formula for 300 pages. There was no action or change of pace throughout the whole story. The dialogue was at a bare minimum and severely lacked. I get that the author purposely wanted to present the story like this but it’s the opposite of what I’m looking for in a book. This was too simple.
Final Rating: 1.5
My first read of 2025. Not a fun read. There is very little hope in this book. Yet it is engaging and raises good questions. Do you go on living when there is nothing to live for?
While I appreciated the devastating description of this post-apocalyptic world and thought the premise was compelling, the story gets repetitive pretty soon into the book. Not to mention all the horrors and despair throughout it. I feel like the book could've been cut to half its length and still be impactful. As it was, I didn't enjoy it. It was too dark and I disagreed with many of the decisions the father makes.
4,5
La Route on tänä vuonna ilmestynyt sarjakuva, joka perustuu Cormac Mccarthyn saman nimiseen teokseen. Se kertoo karusta tulevaisuudesta, jossa ruokaa ei ole saatavilla ja selviytyä voi vain, jos on siinä tarpeeksi hyvä.
Kirjan sekä sarjakuvan päähenkilöinä ovat isä ja poika, jotka yrittävät selviytyä karussa ympäristössä. Samalla isä yrittää epätoivoisesti opettaa poikaansa, jotta tämä voi jatkossa elää tässä maailmassa myös ilman häntä.
Tarina on todella surullinen ja piirrustustyyli kaikessa kauheudessaan sopii siihen täydellisesti.
Quite a devastating story. Can be very bleak, and spends its time showing how dismal the burned world is. I really enjoyed the way McCarthy takes breaks from prose in some points to give what feels like poetry. Can reread many of those passages over and over.
The impending tears near the end of the book were washed away by the (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ at the very end of the book: is the message that the father led the boy astray? Went on a book-long journey down a road in a misguided attempt to reach salvation, when salvation was always to their rear? How long was ski parka following the duo? Throughout the entire book-journey?