The Road
3 journalers for this copy...
I picked up this paperback from a local Barnes & Noble today. It's the movie-tie-in edition for last year's film version. The reviews I'd read of the film hadn't made me want to see it, but I thought I might be better able to cope with a relentlessly grim post-apocalyptic story in text than on the screen {wry grin}.
Later: I found the book more readable than I'd feared, largely due to McCarthy's rich, near-poetic language. Not that this makes the story any less harsh - if anything, it enhances some of the most horrible scenes - but it does make it more readable. But I have to say that this is one of the most relentlessly grim books I've ever read, and the ongoing bond of love and protectiveness between the father and son only made the rest of it that much more horrifying. While having the boy to look after seemed to give the father the strength and will to carry on, it also gave him ongoing dread, for the awful things the child might see or suffer...
Despite the nihilistic feel, I was involved in the story through the end, and while this isn't a book I'd recommend to just anyone I do think it will reward those who can bring themselves to tackle it.
[This book's also featured in this Unshelved Book Club strip by guest artist Paul Southworth. Not sure if it should be considered a spoiler or not, so view at your own risk!]
Later: I found the book more readable than I'd feared, largely due to McCarthy's rich, near-poetic language. Not that this makes the story any less harsh - if anything, it enhances some of the most horrible scenes - but it does make it more readable. But I have to say that this is one of the most relentlessly grim books I've ever read, and the ongoing bond of love and protectiveness between the father and son only made the rest of it that much more horrifying. While having the boy to look after seemed to give the father the strength and will to carry on, it also gave him ongoing dread, for the awful things the child might see or suffer...
Despite the nihilistic feel, I was involved in the story through the end, and while this isn't a book I'd recommend to just anyone I do think it will reward those who can bring themselves to tackle it.
[This book's also featured in this Unshelved Book Club strip by guest artist Paul Southworth. Not sure if it should be considered a spoiler or not, so view at your own risk!]
Journal Entry 2 by 
GoryDetails
at Peddler's Daughter, 48 Main St. in Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Wednesday, January 20, 2010
GoryDetails at Peddler's Daughter, 48 Main St. in Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Released 14 yrs ago (1/20/2010 UTC) at Peddler's Daughter, 48 Main St. in Nashua, New Hampshire USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I left this book on a table in the entrance of the Peddler's Daughter pub in Nashua at about 5, when stopping by for dinner. Hope the finder enjoys the book!
*** Released as part of Jare's 2010 Chills & Spills Release Challenge; the theme for January is "the end of the world". Also part of msrubble's 2010 Movie Books Release Challenge ***
I left this book on a table in the entrance of the Peddler's Daughter pub in Nashua at about 5, when stopping by for dinner. Hope the finder enjoys the book!
*** Released as part of Jare's 2010 Chills & Spills Release Challenge; the theme for January is "the end of the world". Also part of msrubble's 2010 Movie Books Release Challenge ***
I found this book at my weekly drinking night (Wednesday) on a table in the bar's lobby. I had heard good things about it and the movie. So i took it. It was bleaker than I thought. intriguing, but bleak. I am waiting for the sequel. This book is on it's way to Billericca, Mass.
CAUGHT IN NASHUA NH USA
CAUGHT IN NASHUA NH USA
This was a quick and engrossing read. I enjoyed it even though it was bleak; it was a page turner. The ending was quick. My friend gave it to me about a year ago and it went on my shelf (sorry!) I was finally able to read it and I am now setting it free!!!!
