The Road Discussion

[Anonymous No.6639509]

So I picked up The Road a couple days ago, and I've really been enjoying it. What does /lit/ think of it?

[/lit/ No.6639611]

>>6639509
/lit/ thinks - finish the fucking book before wanting people to spoonfeed you opinions and ideas
you don't need us to hold your hand, it's not a difficult book

[Anonymous No.6639695]

>>6639611
what this guy said. i also liked the book.

[Anonymous No.6639769]

>>6639509
Go back to reddit or just read blood meridian instead

[Anonymous No.6639778]

I'm reading it currently as well

The lack of quotations can be annoying, but the relationship between the son and the father makes me feel a love for the two.

[Anonymous No.6639813]

>>6639509
I love it.

[Anonymous No.6639972]

>>6639778
I feel so tense whenever the father talks about killing himself or the boy...

I'm with you on the quotes. I think McCarthy does a pretty good job letting you know when they're talking though, so it's not too bad.

[Anonymous No.6639981]

And they they did this and then there was a mountain and he loved his son and it was scary and lots of ash

-Cormac "Prose king" McCarthy

[Anonymous No.6640047]

>>6639981
>implying that style isn't the height of prose

[Anonymous No.6641245]

>>6639509

A few people on /lit/ have some issues with McCarthy, most of it stemming from his popularity, there are a lot of great authors around today who are on par with McCarthy who get none of the same attention or praise. That irks some people.

The Road is a great book, especially as an entry point for people who normally wouldn't read something as stylistic as McCarthy. I have a few friends who aren't super well-read, and I've found that the Road is a great book to get somebody like that interested in other less accessible works.

The book itself is well-written and worth a read. I enjoyed it.

[Anonymous No.6642900]

>>6639509
The movie is always better.

[Anonymous No.6642936]

>>6642900
Movie is pretty damn good.

[Anonymous No.6643059]

Great discussion OP, next time at least bring something to fucking say to the table

[Anonymous No.6643661]

i got ~80 pages in and i found it completely boring. I am going to give it another go soon, but i just kept waiting for something interesting to happen, it felt like 80 pages describing a wasteland.

[Anonymous No.6643687]

>>6641245
What other contemporary authors do you feel are on McCarthy's level and also don't get notice or praise? Every one I can think of gets just as much critical notice and praise as McCarthy.