The Road - Cormac McCarthy Reviews

i am not a huge reader but my sister recommended this book, so i though id give it a go. It is unputdownable. I loved it. The way the book is written is superb. The author manages to depict such a terrible and hostile world but wihtout giving too much away. The stroy is focused around "the boy" and "the man" (you never hear ...  Read the complete review

I was introduced to this book through I friend who I was on holiday with at the time. I had heard of Cormac McCarthy from his work on "No Country for Old Men", but I had not yet read anything of his. As my friend finished reading the book he sat there with tears streaming down his face. Seeing this I was obviously a bit apprehensive ...  Read the complete review

After seeing the trailer and hearing news of director John Hillcoat's upcoming film adaptation, The Road, I searched a little deeper and purchased author Cormac McCarthy's book of which it is based. I'm not a massive reader by any extent, so it was all news to me that The Road has been praised as a modern day classic by fans and critics alike. The ...  Read the complete review

Probably most famously known for writing "No Country For Old Men", Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" is story focussing on the desperation and despair of an unnamed man and his son travelling across post-apocalyptic America. Trying to travel to the coast, the mans concerns are on what they will eat, where they will sleep and what ...  Read the complete review

Standing on the balcony overlooking the Tate modern's turbine hall and Dominique Gonzalez-foerster's unilever exhibition, I was immediately transported back to my memories of this book. Post apocalyptic, the comparisons between the scene I was regarding and the book I had just read were remarkable. When my dad handed me the book ...  Read the complete review

Having read the review by midpikyrozziy, I decided to get this book. That was just three days ago, and now I am done! The Road is a post-apocalyptic novel that focuses on an un-named father and son who struggle to survive through the bleak after-math of destruction. Even on their tails are canibalistic savages, from whom they must be on ...  Read the complete review

THE ROAD - CORMAC MCCARTHY Intro: I first came across this book when searching for 'No Country for Old Men' by the same author, but as the library were all out, I decided that, not having read any Cormac McCarthy before, I should give this a try. I didn't know anything about the book at all before I read it, but I'm very glad that ...  Read the complete review

Currently in the process of being made into a Hollywood movie (staring Viggo Mortensen) The Road is a bleak, post apocalyptic tale of an American wasteland, set in the near future. Telling the story of a man and his young son, The Road is a rather simple fable illustrating the struggle of a father trying to protect the only thing he ...  Read the complete review

For many years, Cormac McCarthy toiled largely in obscurity, as praise from discerning critics and academics failed to translate into a wider readership, and he remained a somewhat reclusive and well-kept literary secret, even after the publication of his brutal masterpiece, Blood Meridian, in 1985. Starting with The Border Trilogy ...  Read the complete review

The Road’ an admittedly boringly titled book, written by Cormac McCarthy was published in 2006 and won the prestigious Columbia University Pulitzer prize this year. Cormac McCarthy, an American writer, born 1933, has written many other books including his first novel The Orchard Keeper, which was published by Random House in 1965, All ...  Read the complete review