Do not read this book unless you are looking for a good cry. Portrayed are the extremes that man will go through to stay alive or even just avoid a painful death. This book is hopeless, but in the midst of it all the boy is a symbol of hope. He lives when everything around him is dying. After reading this book you will appreciate your life, because if you have food, safety, shelter, shoes, then you have more than the father and son in the story. They are in constant danger and are struggling to find enough food to keep them alive in this post-apocalyptic world. Be wary of this phenomenal book that explores raw humanity.

Very dark, so be in a good place when you read it. Despite that, the language is beautiful. I felt the hopeless hope they held out.

A modern classic. The Road is one of those books that profoundly touches us, a book that deserves to be read and read again. There is a lyrical quality to the pacing and phrasing that made me think of haiku. Also the film based on the book was well done.

The Road is a fiction novel written by Cormac McCarthy which won the 2007 Pulitzer prize. It is set in a post-apoplectic world and follows a father and son's journey along a road in search of warmer weather at the coast. The novel is stripped down so that it includes no unnecessary words especially when using dialogue. This style took awhile for me to get used to but the bluntness ended up making the message clear. The vivid descriptions of the desolate world paint a detailed picture in your mind. Overall this novel has a unique style and great descriptions. I would give The Road four out of five stars.
@Nessie of the Hamilton Public Library's Teen Review Board

Have you ever read a sentence and thought to yourself, “Wow, that was beautiful.”? That is how I felt during times reading this book. Cormac McCarthy is known for his lyrical and systematically complex writing style. With a lack of grammar during conversations (no quotation marks) and unusual sentence organization, the novel can sometimes be difficult to read. The author often brings up the question of good versus evil. In a land where bands of hungry cannibals roam and starvation is a dire concern, it’s hard to believe that the good can survive.

A future world where EVERYONE is HOMELESS and only the strongest and cleverest and most resourceful can survive. After reading this book you will never look at a homeless person pushing a shopping cart the same again.
There's a movie based on it; also available from SPL.

One of the best books I've read: powerful, imaginative, and gripping. The sentences are as sparse as the apocalyptic landscape of the story, accompanied by very little punctuation except for commas and periods. But the love of the father for his son shines through and the book had me in tears by the end. Masterfully written.

I featured this book on my "Not My Cup of Tea" recommendations list, with the explanation that I might reread it one day, but since it's "so very gloom and depressing," I wasn't sure. Working at a library, books often find a way across my path, and so eventually I gave in to a little depressing. Annnnd my thoughts remain much the same. It's a strange book, and (mostly) beautifully written, and I understand the intentions with this father and son saga. But I still think more could have been achieved, and I still think the ending is its weakest part. After so much bleak and broken trekking, it rang less than true.

" We need to get out of the road. Why Papa? Someone's coming. Is it bad guys? Yes. I'm afraid so. They could be good guys. Couldnt they? He didnt answer. He looked at the sky out of old habit but there was nothing to see. What are we going to do, Papa? Let's go. Can we go back to the fire? No. Come on. We probably dont have much time. I'm really hungry. I know. What are we going to do? We have to hole up. Get off the road. Will they see our tracks? Yes. What can we do about it? I dont know. Will they know what we are? What? If they see our tracks. Will they know what we are? He looked back at their great round tracks in the snow. They'll figure it out, he said. Then he stopped. We need to think about this. Let's go back to the fire." " What woke the boy was him grinding the coffee in a small hand grinder. He sat up and stared all around. Papa? he said. Hi. Are you hungry? I have to go to the bathroom. I have to pee. He pointed with the spatula toward the low steel door. He didnt know how to use the toilet but they would use it anyway. They werent going to be here that long and he wasnt going to be opening and closing the hatch any more than he had to."

The Road written by Cormac McCarthy is one of the best books I have ever read in my life. This book was recommended to me by my High school teacher and I would like to share my opinions of it with you guys. This books starts off a bit slow but it starts building up at the end of the first chapter when the son witnesses the death of a guy he wanted to save. The novel shows the survival of a Father and his son after the apocalypse in a devastated world full of cannibalism. The book shows the bond between the father and the son perfectly adding to the beauty of it. This book makes you fall in love with the characters hoping for their survival in that wretched world. I would give this Book a 5/5 rating and would recommend it to every person who loves books that have a taste of survival while also having great character development. @Eko of the Teen Review Board at the Hamilton Public Library