The Road

I really enjoyed this book. Like, a lot. To be quite honest, I'm not sure I've ever had to read a book  for class that went by so quickly, but left an enormous impact. I love how almost each paragraph makes the reader think. It's disturbing, and therefore sickly entertaining, but that doesn't take away from the meaning.


Now here's my only problem: I know there was something I didn't care for about this book, but I cannot place my finger on it. Something was off. It could be all the religious undertones I'm never really able to catch, or the attitudes of all the characters. But neither really capture whatever it is that's bothered me. It doesn't matter too much I suppose, so I'll just let it be and focus on the awesomeness that is this story. Side note; it's not even the story that makes it awesome, it's the characters, the lack of hope, the destruction! I'm not sure there is a complete story line; to condense it is "there was a man and his son, walking on a road to the coast. The man dies, and the son is picked up by other travelers"--doesn't sound like anything great, which may be what makes this book sososo good.