English (676) French (9) Spanish (8) Danish (4) Swedish (3) Italian (3) Catalan (2) Dutch (2) Norwegian (2) German (2) Czech (1) Finnish (1) All languages (713)
Showing 1-5 of 676 (next | show all)
|
Loading...
LibraryThing recommendationsMember recommendations
Loading...
won't like
will probably not like
will probably like
will like
will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Wow. There was a vividness achieved with this with a minimal of prose. I really enjoyed it. It's a dark book and will make you think.  jcopenha | Mar 21, 2010 |  bleak. man this is bleak, and a sad story. The writing style put me off a bit at first, but eventually I got used to it. The odd style tho made it difficult to follow the conversation between the boy and man at times. Post apocalypse has been done countless times, and this was mostly just a variation of things that have been written before. It's a good book but I'm not sure why this one is held up as great. To me, for it's time great was "Earth Abides" by George Stewart, another well regarded post-apocalypse novel from decades past. Or Nevil SHute's "On The Beach". We don't know what caused the holocaust in this book. It isn't obvious other than there seemed to be a years long firestorm and there are very few people left. The fire still seems to be burning some dead forests during part of the journey. I'm not even sure how there is any oxygen left since apparently there hasn't been anything green for a decade or so. (  ) RBeffa | Mar 19, 2010 | I liked this book. I think. I started it yesterday, and didn't put it down till I was done, which is a pretty surefire sign of "like." It didn't, however, leave me feeling very nice. But then, a good book doesn't always have to be a nice book. (  ) jab_86 | Mar 18, 2010 | VERY DREARY. the terse dialogue was underwhelming. gruesome projection of humans under extreme conditions, survival of the fittest in action. (  ) maxim.wilson | Mar 18, 2010 | A bleak account of a post apocalyptic world. The dialogue is sparse yet poignant. The authors command of the English language is overwhelming. How many different ways can one person find to describe anhilation? ( ) ChrisWarren | Mar 11, 2010 | 
 “The Road” is a dynamic tale, offered in the often exalted prose that is McCarthy’s signature, but this time in restrained doses — short, vivid sentences, episodes only a few paragraphs or a few lines long, which is yet another departure for him. Post-apocalyptic fiction isn't automatically better when written by Cormac McCarthy, but he does have a way of investing genre clichés with fine gray tones and morose poetry. “The Road” offers nothing in the way of escape or comfort. But its fearless wisdom is more indelible than reassurance could ever be. Through his scaled-down view of a post-apocalypse American east, McCarthy has discovered a rich, engrossing landscape that is distinctly his own. It’s a horrible pleasure to watch the father and his son make their way through it, even as one remains unsure whether it would be more humane to hope for their survival or hope for their gentle death.
No descriptions found. The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia in English (2)
