Comments on: The Road by Cormac McCarthy http://heylady.net/2007/11/18/the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy Are you reading with a flashlight under those covers, or are you just happy to see me? Sun, 20 May 2012 23:22:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: The Road « Ardent Readerhttp://heylady.net/2007/11/18/the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy/comment-page-1/#comment-17816 The Road « Ardent Reader Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:36:17 +0000 http://trishsdiary.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy/#comment-17816 [...] Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin’? [...] [...] Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin’? [...]

]]> By: Jeanehttp://heylady.net/2007/11/18/the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy/comment-page-1/#comment-12363 Jeane Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:59:37 +0000 http://trishsdiary.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy/#comment-12363 I just finished it and have to say I agree with you. I wasn't really moved- the story was about so many horrifying things, and yet it didn't touch me emotionally. And hey, I really like your new look! I just finished it and have to say I agree with you. I wasn’t really moved- the story was about so many horrifying things, and yet it didn’t touch me emotionally. And hey, I really like your new look!

]]> By: trish d. dishhttp://heylady.net/2007/11/18/the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy/comment-page-1/#comment-61 trish d. dish Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:48:58 +0000 http://trishsdiary.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy/#comment-61 I'm just glad that there's other people who didn't like it besides me...sometimes you wonder what's wrong with you if you don't like a book everyone else liked, especially when it's won a Pulizter Prize. :-) I’m just glad that there’s other people who didn’t like it besides me…sometimes you wonder what’s wrong with you if you don’t like a book everyone else liked, especially when it’s won a Pulizter Prize. :-)

]]> By: Jessicahttp://heylady.net/2007/11/18/the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Jessica Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:33:38 +0000 http://trishsdiary.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy/#comment-60 Wow! You didn't like it??I was enchanted with it. It just put me under a spell. I still can't get it out of my head. Of course, that could be because I read mostly non-fiction, so maybe my standards aren't high enough - but I wasn't surprised when I saw that "The Road" won the Pulitzer for 2007.Oh well, something for everyone, I guess. Wow! You didn’t like it??

I was enchanted with it. It just put me under a spell. I still can’t get it out of my head. Of course, that could be because I read mostly non-fiction, so maybe my standards aren’t high enough – but I wasn’t surprised when I saw that “The Road” won the Pulitzer for 2007.

Oh well, something for everyone, I guess.

]]> By: lisammhttp://heylady.net/2007/11/18/the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy/comment-page-1/#comment-59 lisamm Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:15:11 +0000 http://trishsdiary.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy/#comment-59 Jaspal, I respectfully disagree with you. And I got the jist just fine, thank you. Jaspal, I respectfully disagree with you. And I got the jist just fine, thank you.

]]> By: Jaspalhttp://heylady.net/2007/11/18/the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Jaspal Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:22:46 +0000 http://trishsdiary.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy/#comment-58 This Book is amazing, You have to get the jist of this literature. Its overwhelmingly powerful, it proposes a future which could be very likely a future we could face. It shows the end of time, and what human nature at its very best will look like, to even be able to imagine humanity at its worst is scary but its reality that we face. Its amazing to what lenghts humanity can go, especially when its survival of the fittest. This Book is amazing, You have to get the jist of this literature. Its overwhelmingly powerful, it proposes a future which could be very likely a future we could face. It shows the end of time, and what human nature at its very best will look like, to even be able to imagine humanity at its worst is scary but its reality that we face. Its amazing to what lenghts humanity can go, especially when its survival of the fittest.

]]> By: trish d. dishhttp://heylady.net/2007/11/18/the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy/comment-page-1/#comment-56 trish d. dish Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:42:25 +0000 http://trishsdiary.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy/#comment-56 Unfortunately, this book has made me not want to read any of his other books, even though I've heard that All the Pretty Horses is much better.It's very bleak.I would give it a 2... Unfortunately, this book has made me not want to read any of his other books, even though I’ve heard that All the Pretty Horses is much better.

It’s very bleak.

I would give it a 2…

]]> By: lisammhttp://heylady.net/2007/11/18/the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy/comment-page-1/#comment-55 lisamm Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:26:12 +0000 http://trishsdiary.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy/#comment-55 Ooops, I forgot to rate it. 1. Ooops, I forgot to rate it. 1.

]]> By: lisammhttp://heylady.net/2007/11/18/the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy/comment-page-1/#comment-57 lisamm Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:25:43 +0000 http://trishsdiary.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy/#comment-57 I found this book boring and repetitive, with no action, no plot, no character development, very little and extremely simplistic dialogue, and frustrating (you never find out what actually happened to create the post-apocolyptic world being described as cold and full of ash). Day after day is the same. I felt no connection with the father and son, who McCarthy doesn't bother to name ("the man" and "the boy"). The end is stupid and leaves you hanging. I felt like I wasted my time reading it and I can't imagine what the critics see in it. There are so many better books out there with a similar theme. This one was pointless. I found this book boring and repetitive, with no action, no plot, no character development, very little and extremely simplistic dialogue, and frustrating (you never find out what actually happened to create the post-apocolyptic world being described as cold and full of ash). Day after day is the same. I felt no connection with the father and son, who McCarthy doesn’t bother to name (“the man” and “the boy”). The end is stupid and leaves you hanging. I felt like I wasted my time reading it and I can’t imagine what the critics see in it. There are so many better books out there with a similar theme. This one was pointless.

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