A wretched waste of paper. And it drags on and on, and I must be masochistic because I read it in its entirety. The Road is the penultimate of what I call the "Man Sucks" genre, i.e., man is evil, everything man touches will be destroyed, and yet, man is determined to persevere. If you read The Road you'll surely wonder why anyone in their right minds would want to continue existing in the dreaded wasteland McCarthy has coughed up. Why bother? What future is there for your child? Speaking of which, this whole "Man" and "Boy" nonsense gets old fast; it's an irritating affectation, but no doubt Cormac wants us to think this is Everyman and Everyboy. There is nothing subtle about Cormac. The man's determined to shovel down the reader's throat his message: Look at the devastation man has wrought, be horrified by the slavery and cannibalism, and yet, dear reader, note the tender love of a father for his son. I am rolling my eyes even now.
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