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Book Review of The Road

The Road
The Road
Author: Cormac McCarthy
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Reference
Book Type: Paperback
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I have read this book. It is an easy read, and I did not much like it. I do not typically read these types of books, yet a friend recommended it. I felt the author was trying too hard to portray feelings and such, and used bigger words than necessary at times. The book was not memorable save for a few parts, a paragraph here or there. Otherwise, the book was a bit on the boring side to me, and sometimes confusing since the author used 'he' meaning the boy and the father... so I had to stop and think who the author was talking about, the boy or the father in the sentence. Though the book had some gruesome parts, I felt those parts were not detailed enough, as scary as that sounds. It was just a couple sentences, and then the author moved on.... maybe that was the intent. So to say, this book was not for me =)