JasonsGrooveMachine reviewed The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Tragic and Perfect
5 stars
This is the first McCarthy I've read. I've seen No Country but that's another story, literally.
I got a lot of Stephen King vibes from this. Not just that we're in a post apocalyptic world and follow survivors (The Stand, The Dark Tower, Night Surf, etc.), but the writing style is similar. Cormac uses a lot of the same phrases repeatedly in this story and King does the same in most of his, they even both use "You know that, don't you?" pretty frequently.
I feel for the father. I feel for the boy. I wanted to know more about Eli and some of the other characters. I want to know more about what happened to get us to where we are now.
I do feel like serendipity was a little too kind to our heroes at times. Just when they were at their lowest things always turned around with …
This is the first McCarthy I've read. I've seen No Country but that's another story, literally.
I got a lot of Stephen King vibes from this. Not just that we're in a post apocalyptic world and follow survivors (The Stand, The Dark Tower, Night Surf, etc.), but the writing style is similar. Cormac uses a lot of the same phrases repeatedly in this story and King does the same in most of his, they even both use "You know that, don't you?" pretty frequently.
I feel for the father. I feel for the boy. I wanted to know more about Eli and some of the other characters. I want to know more about what happened to get us to where we are now.
I do feel like serendipity was a little too kind to our heroes at times. Just when they were at their lowest things always turned around with a boon. But that did allow me more time with the two.
I'm glad I read it.