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40. The Road (Cormac McCarthy novel) (21.5 points)
Nominated by: Xeybozn (2/5 remaining)
https://www.teenreads.com/reviews/the-road/excerpt

Importance: 6
Fear: 7.5
Snake: 7

The Road is regarded as one of the best post-apocalyptic novels to come out of the last century. With a heavy emphasis on hopelessness, realism, and descriptive horror, the book is a chilling read. Its unnamed main characters emphasize the fact that trying to find peace or comfort in the post-apocalypse is a wasted effort. Little to no time at all is spent developing these characters either physically or personally, as The Road prefers to spend time developing its cruel environments, the memories of human creation, and the lengths of human survival. Still, as father and son, their bonds and relationship together manage to dim that notion, even if ever so slightly. Even if concepts of time and place are lost in such a devoid world, they at least have each other. There's this notion throughout the book that the father and son are "the good guys", which is challenged again and again by the reality of their enviornment. Do we see them as "the good guys" just because they're the people we happen to be following? The Road prefers to let the question linger throughout the book, as they're forced to rob and steal to get by over the course of their journey. Ultimately though, the book makes it clear that those concepts in general have no real meaning in the post-apocalypse. The Road is terrifying and depressing, and will be hard for many readers to get through, but if you stick with it, you'll get a story full of feeling that keep you turning pages for hour on end.
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