The last book I had finished was The Road by Cormac McCarthy. It had taken me about a week and a half to finish. At first, as I was in the beginning, reading through the first couple of pages, I felt a little hesitant to continue on. It seemed I couldn’t connect much to the voice and his way of writing style. I’d say when I read a book, the style and tone of it is what keeps me going on, but this seemed a bit flat and boring.
However, as I got passed I’d say about fifty pages I felt much more connected to the story and the characters. I felt entirely bad for the father and the son, and I couldn’t bear to think of living in a world like that. I thought the way the world had been described and how it went down hill was done well. I could picture the end of the world before my very eyes.
As I read through and through I was rooting for the boy and his father to live and find a way to live without fear in this new world. The relationship of the father and son was written just perfectly in my opinion, and I thought every father should act the way he had in any situation like it.
By the ending hit, I knew what was coming; I had seen the movie before I had read the book and I knew the father was going to die, however it still got me. I felt utterly sad and lost after, and it seemed I couldn’t do anything once I finished. The child losing the only person he had left in the world, a father who he had looked utterly up to, was full heart-wrenching.
Overall, this was a tragic novel, and I enjoyed reading it. Even as I felt hesitant, I still continued to read on, and I’m glad I did. It was a great post-apocalyptic story!
❤ T. A. Nelson
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