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lelisa04's review
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
alywt's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Dude needs a Grammer class.
cowboylover600's review
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
omarmazin's review
1.0
Horribly boring and repetitive.
Nothing happens it’s the same half a page chapter repeated over and over and over and over again. I’m not exaggerating it’s that repetitive, and worst of all it’s repetitive with no character development no story and no backstory. They are going south. Why? Who knows. Does anything happen along the journey? If you call 300 pages of search for food in rubbish an even worth repeating for 300 pages then yes.
This is my second Cormac McCarthy book and there won’t be a third.
Nothing happens it’s the same half a page chapter repeated over and over and over and over again. I’m not exaggerating it’s that repetitive, and worst of all it’s repetitive with no character development no story and no backstory. They are going south. Why? Who knows. Does anything happen along the journey? If you call 300 pages of search for food in rubbish an even worth repeating for 300 pages then yes.
This is my second Cormac McCarthy book and there won’t be a third.
laurasauras's review
5.0
What a book ... it will sit heavy on my soul for a while. My heart broke for the characters. Just ... wow.
ultimatekate's review
3.0
Ok, I have to be honest, I'm not sure how much I liked this book.
First, I had a problem with the style, mainly the lack of punctuation. Maybe it's my 17 years of Catholic schooling but lack of punctuation really gets me. I think it's laziness. A friend assures me it's part of the style, because if the world just ended, do you need punctuation? I say we do!
Now, as for the novel itself, I have mixed feelings. On one hand, it's rather pessimistic (end of the world and all), but on the other hand, the ending is a little hopeful. So it's not a complete downer but it did make me think about things like, "Why do we keep going?" "Is there any hope?" "How do you know the good guys from the bad guys?" and so on. And truth be told, I don't know the answers to these questions. And I'm talking about in the novel and in real life.
I did like the religious allusions and references to both the boy as Jesus and as Prometheus (carrying the fire). They show the ambiguity of the situation. Christians believe that Jesus is the savior, so being compared to him would be a good thing, right? And Prometheus brought fire to man, which would also be good, right? Except that Jesus is tortured and killed and Prometheus gets chained to a rock and tortured for eternity. So maybe it's not all it's cracked up to be...
I had a problem with the lack of names. One of the things that sets us apart from animals (aside from our desire to help others) is the fact that we have names and/or that we name things we care about. I think not naming the characters shows how animal like they've become and if the novel is supposed to be hopeful, wouldn't that be important?
Well, the novel left me sort of confused and questioning things and sort of unsettled. Maybe that's a good thing?
First, I had a problem with the style, mainly the lack of punctuation. Maybe it's my 17 years of Catholic schooling but lack of punctuation really gets me. I think it's laziness. A friend assures me it's part of the style, because if the world just ended, do you need punctuation? I say we do!
Now, as for the novel itself, I have mixed feelings. On one hand, it's rather pessimistic (end of the world and all), but on the other hand, the ending is a little hopeful. So it's not a complete downer but it did make me think about things like, "Why do we keep going?" "Is there any hope?" "How do you know the good guys from the bad guys?" and so on. And truth be told, I don't know the answers to these questions. And I'm talking about in the novel and in real life.
I did like the religious allusions and references to both the boy as Jesus and as Prometheus (carrying the fire). They show the ambiguity of the situation. Christians believe that Jesus is the savior, so being compared to him would be a good thing, right? And Prometheus brought fire to man, which would also be good, right? Except that Jesus is tortured and killed and Prometheus gets chained to a rock and tortured for eternity. So maybe it's not all it's cracked up to be...
I had a problem with the lack of names. One of the things that sets us apart from animals (aside from our desire to help others) is the fact that we have names and/or that we name things we care about. I think not naming the characters shows how animal like they've become and if the novel is supposed to be hopeful, wouldn't that be important?
Well, the novel left me sort of confused and questioning things and sort of unsettled. Maybe that's a good thing?