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The Road by Cormac McCarthy

roxlpz's review against another edition

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4.0

3.75

_bb's review against another edition

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2.0

ok, i guess. kind of cheesy.

thisisandersoon's review against another edition

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5.0

Uma das leituras mais impactantes que fiz no ano.

Li 'The Road (A Estrada)' para o projeto de pesquisa sobre distopias que participo e devo dizer que fiquei chocado durante boa parte do livro com a maneira que o suspense se faz presente na obra.

É impressionante a maneira como o livro traz reflexões sobre ética x necessidade no cenário pós-apocalíptico enfrentado, mesmo que em nenhum momento responda como esse cenário chegou e/ou como/se ele se encerrou em algum momento.

A relação entre o pai e o menino representa demais uma dicotomia entre passado vs futuro, só que com papéis invertidos já que o menino que traz em si visões antigas (que lhe foram transferidas pelo pai, é claro) em relação à bondade (os "caras do bem").

Acho uma leitura essencial, mas extremamente impactante e boa nas descrições, construções e discussões que se propõe a realizar.

5 estrelas absolutamente merecidas.

tmsilenski's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

sarahjaynes's review against another edition

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5.0

just cried

bigmorgo0819's review against another edition

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4.0

Here’s the deal. Obviously this is a book I would like. It felt exactly like the dead flag blues if that vibe had been a novel. It was bleak and weird and written beautifully and incredibly boring which is kind of a feat considering it’s an apocalyptic book with cannibals.

mrstein's review against another edition

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3.0

Stark. Minimalist

efox_4's review against another edition

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5.0

A lonely loner on a lonely road all alone

liv_big's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

MY SHAYLA. I’m to empathetic for this shit 

korrick's review against another edition

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4.0

Apocalyptic western with slow prose dry as ashes and succulent as nature's breath. Every day the man and the boy face death and the constant collapsing of hope, knowing no future nor reason for why they still exist. All the world is grey in the unknown, save for chance meetings with cannibals and flashes of the past that offer the barest glimpse of how things came to be. There is another story behind the walking existence offered here, but that is left up to the reader to parse together from descriptions of burned landscape and dried corpses, extinct species and no food left save for the walkers. It is a story as smooth as a flow of movement with no record of time, only a slow soft degradation into the wasteland. The ending brings a small glimpse of something akin to hope, a contentment found with humans who have found in each other something more than the monsters they are surrounded by.