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I really enjoyed the book as I read it. His writing style is different but makes for great story telling. When I was done I wanted to throw it across the room. I guess I kept waiting for a flashback to explain the bleak circumstances that this man and son found thereselves in. It was like coming into a really good movie 30 minutes late.

This book has to be one of the best pieces of fiction in a long time. His writing is pared down to the essentials, it really adds to the starkness of this story. A father and son traveling to the sea after nuclear holocaust. It is awful but the love between the father and son is the story. Their attempts to survive where there is no hope is a lesson for all of us. This is the ultimate story of hope where none should be. I will be thinking about this book for a long time. Excellent Excellent story. I read it in 3 hours!

I must confess that I had never read a Cormac McCarthy book before and only read this because I kept seeing it everywhere and it seemed to get so much praise. So, without really knowing what it was about, I bought the book and began reading. (Though I must admit, the book jacket did intrigue me.) At first, I was a little put off by McCarthy's writing style, but then it pulled me in and I couldn't put the book down. Very haunting and touching. If you have a child, it adds another layer of feeling as you begin to imagine what you might do in a similar situation (God forbid). As I was reading, I really began to "live" in the world he was describing....like I could see it happening in my mind. Whenever you get that experience when reading a book, you know you are reading a great one. Although I sometimes didn't understand all the words (the author seems to have a huge vocabulary that took me out of the story a few times) and some parts left me a bit unsure about what was happening/happened, this was one of the best and most affecting books I've read in a long while. Highly recommended.

I read this when it came out and found it took me along with the father and son on their journey to the sea in a destroyed land.

Depressing and oppressive and made me wonder WHY someone would write such a sad and gut wrenching tale. I think the author wanted readers to consider how we deal love and faith in the most dire of circumstances. How would we protect what we love most -- and would that protection end up causing more harm? Great book for discussion, but certainly not something I'd recommend in general.

Long dark and arduous; you can feel the gray ash. Cormac has a unique way of phrasing his sentences; the future's equivalent of Old English. I finished this book in 24 hours, granted I had a lot time on my hands. Not sure if it was Pulitzer worthy but I enjoyed it immensely regardless. 4 1/2 stars.