The Road by Cormac McCarthy

A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don’t know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food—and each other.

if you're in an apocalypse... please drop your morals and just eat dead people like everyone else

if i was in an apocalypse i would simply not let someones death be in vain and imma EAT. Like damn give me that femur bone and let me nibble at it

I couldn't get past the writing style of the author.

One of the saddest books I've read in a long time. It is a book full of saddness, loss, despair, death and just a drop of hope.

This was a book that I started to read multiple times but I wasn't able to get into it due to the unique writing style. The book isn't broken up into chapters, and it starts at a slow pace which made it difficult to find good stopping points early on. This, along with the writing style consisting of many run-on sentences, is what blocked me mentally from truly diving into it. Once I finally did, however, it was well worth it.

This book has a lot of dark themes over human nature and how we as people react in grim circumstances. In this post-apocalyptic world there are many gruesome acts that made me wince while reading, and during this journey with a father and son they were plentiful. As I continued reading and getting past that initial slump, I found myself reading long chunks of pages without even realizing it as I was so engrossed in this book. The ending was definitely surprising to me and I think that it summed up the world very well while showing both sides of humanity.

Overall, I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes dark apocalyptic stories. The only true ding in this book is the writing style, but if you can get through that you will easily find this book worthy of reading again.