Best Book Review

Okay, so over the holidays I was actually able to pick up a book and finish it amidst all the craziness happening! I think it was my way of escaping the business of the days and weeks at night when all was quiet again.

The Road by Cormac McCarthy is one of the most harrowing apocalyptic tales I have ever read. This book has not left my mind since I finished the last page; I keep asking my husband questions and bringing up very insightful conversations. I’m so glad he has read the book too! For whatever reason the apocalyptic books are the ones that stick with me the most, like Swan Song or The Stand. What if? What would we do and how would we live and escape the travesties of the end of the world?

The Road was not only a book about the apocalypse, but more about the love between a father and a son. The father was all about surviving and doing whatever it takes to keep his son from being harmed or feeling pain; there was such an intense love between the two that you could feel it, in almost a painful way. In fact he came to a situation, I think more than once, of debating whether or not he should end his son’s life in order to prevent him from experiencing trauma or death by someone else’s hands. In turn, the son, we don’t know how old he is, maybe ten or so? is the most kind being in the book. He has managed to keep his innocence and kindness despite the horrible scenery he is forced to grow up in.

I asked my husband why they stayed on the road and where were they going in such an awful world and he had a good response. “They simply needed a goal and a reason to wake up and keep going everyday.”
I have never read a book by Cormac McCarthy before this one, but I am now a follower. I can’t wait to read another one and another one by him!

His writing style is different and unconventional, but he gets the point across. The descriptive quality of the book is such that it paints a wonderful picture in your head, while still being vague. He leaves mystery to what is going one and leaves it up to the reader to decide.

I would love to hear what others think about this book….