The Road (Oprah's Book Club) by Cormac McCarthy Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Road (Oprah's Book Club)
Book Review: Brutal but beautiful
Summary: 5 Stars
Powerful, brutal but beautiful in its decription of the desperation and overpowering love a father has for his son. Set against a nightmarish future reality this book could not be described as an easy read as the sheer emotion of the tale made me worry about picking it up every time I decided I was brave enough to read it again. However I was compelled to do so. Having sons of an age similar to the boy in the book made understand every action and thought which the man took and had and propelled me into the mind of the man within the story every paragraph.
I would recomend this book to anyone brave enough to tackle it as it is both troubling but brilliantly beautiful.
Book Review: The Road to where that is the question
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this book because of the good recommendations. However, I just did not get the same feeling after reading it as others have. I found the style of writing monotonous and rather dull, just as well it was a short story! It certainly is not worthy of the 4 or 5 star rating. After a slow start the story does get interesting and you want to know how it ends, unfortunately its a bit like a damp firework - dissappointing. Book Review: Genius at work...
Summary: 4 Stars
I had never read McCarthy Before but Picked up the road because of all the hype surrounding the selection of The Road to Oprahs book club. For once the hype was worthy of the product. The road is a visionary work of art, not a masterpiece, but very well done. McCarthy's style is sharp, dry, brittle, and panoramic and pulses with human emotion. More importantly "The Road" led me to McCarthy's true masterpiece "Blood Meridian." I cannot recommend this book highly enough! Book Review: Devastating
Summary: 5 Stars
Rarely has a book filled my thoughts to such an extent as this one. It opened so many wells of emotion that I cried for an hour after I finished it. I took from it 2 central messages - the preciousness of all that we have on this living planet and the risk that humanity is capable of placing it under, as well as the devastation that we must all experience when we lose those we love. We are all ultimately alone, yet we cling to our loved ones as we struggle through life in a world gone mad in much the same way as the father and son cling to each other on their journey. This book will make you appreciate those you love all the more. Awesome.Book Review: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved this book and have not been able to stop thinking about it. It was easy to read but very effective because the prose is so bare and the dialogue brief. I liked the way he depicted the father son relationship in a few words, yet managed to convey the depth of their love for each other. I thought it very modern in style and liked the way the ending evoked emotion without melodrama. It is an end of the world scenario which is disturbingly realistic.