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Book Review of The Road

The Road
The Road
Author: Cormac McCarthy
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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This was a book that I did not intend to read. I had read a number of raving reviews about it, but it just did not tickle my fancy. I am not into "futuristic" genre and thinking that was what this book was all about turned me away from reading it, regardless of its very good reviews. But...
I read it !! And I am really happy I did. I was intrigued by the writing style - not a lot of authors can pull this off. And the story was not what I expected either. There was not the typical futuristic advanced technology at work in this story, but just the opposite - a barren new world, barely populated, very dangerous, without all the ameities that we take for granted, seen through the eyes of a father and his son.
I would recommend this book to anyone. It is a very easy read and not like anything you have probably ever read before.