The Road

[R-V]

An excellent read. It was also so depressing it made me want to jump off a 10 story conclusions mat.

[JD]

An excellent read. It was also so depressing it made me want to jump off a 10 story conclusions mat.

You know that there's a movie out about this, right?  It's got the dude from that desert horse race movie.

[R-V]

Great interview with Cormac McCarthy.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704576204574529703577274572.html

[MAD]

Jebus.

[MAD]

This might be one of the greatest books I have ever read, and yet it left me in a constant dread in the 4 days that I was devouring it.  Just desperate, awful, evil, dangerous, starving, dead, bleak, truly hopeless shit, with a tiny poop-enveloped corn kernel of scant resolution at the very end.  I think I want to either read it again or just find a way to blow up the planet now.  I think I can count my blessings in that even in my most pessimistic view the world the McCarthey portrays will not be experienced by myself or, hopefully still, my offspring.  But I'm starting to worry about any of my unrealized grandchildren.  What a vision.

[BH]

This might be one of the greatest books I have ever read, and yet it left me in a constant dread in the 4 days that I was devouring it.  Just desperate, awful, evil, dangerous, starving, dead, bleak, truly hopeless shit, with a tiny poop-enveloped corn kernel of scant resolution at the very end.  I think I want to either read it again or just find a way to blow up the planet now.  I think I can count my blessings in that even in my most pessimistic view the world the McCarthey portrays will not be experienced by myself or, hopefully still, my offspring.  But I'm starting to worry about any of my unrealized grandchildren.  What a vision.

Did you read this book because of RV or because it was on Oprah's book club?

[R-V]

This might be one of the greatest books I have ever read, and yet it left me in a constant dread in the 4 days that I was devouring it.  Just desperate, awful, evil, dangerous, starving, dead, bleak, truly hopeless shit, with a tiny poop-enveloped corn kernel of scant resolution at the very end.  I think I want to either read it again or just find a way to blow up the planet now.  I think I can count my blessings in that even in my most pessimistic view the world the McCarthey portrays will not be experienced by myself or, hopefully still, my offspring.  But I'm starting to worry about any of my unrealized grandchildren.  What a vision.

Did you read this book because of RV or because it was on Oprah's book club?

That poor girl Huey pushed off the train at Granville left it in her rucksack.

[MAD]

This might be one of the greatest books I have ever read, and yet it left me in a constant dread in the 4 days that I was devouring it.  Just desperate, awful, evil, dangerous, starving, dead, bleak, truly hopeless shit, with a tiny poop-enveloped corn kernel of scant resolution at the very end.  I think I want to either read it again or just find a way to blow up the planet now.  I think I can count my blessings in that even in my most pessimistic view the world the McCarthey portrays will not be experienced by myself or, hopefully still, my offspring.  But I'm starting to worry about any of my unrealized grandchildren.  What a vision.

Did you read this book because of RV or because it was on Oprah's book club?

Since you ask, fat ass, my brother-in-law gave it to me while I was at his house for Thanksgiving.  Happy?

Also, I'm about 40 pages from having completed this a second time.  Oddly, I'm finding it more redemptive the second time around.  Still fucking miserable and all.

[BH]

Did you read this book because of RV or because it was on Oprah's book club?

Since you ask, fat ass, my brother-in-law gave it to me while I was at his house for Thanksgiving.  Happy?

Also, I'm about 40 pages from having completed this a second time.  Oddly, I'm finding it more redemptive the second time around.  Still fucking miserable and all.

Your brother in law is RV?

[R-V]

Did you read this book because of RV or because it was on Oprah's book club?

Since you ask, fat ass, my brother-in-law gave it to me while I was at his house for Thanksgiving.  Happy?

Also, I'm about 40 pages from having completed this a second time.  Oddly, I'm finding it more redemptive the second time around.  Still fucking miserable and all.

Your brother in law is RV?

I'm his beard-in-law.

[flannj]

An excellent read. It was also so depressing it made me want to jump off a 10 story conclusions mat.

This might be one of the greatest books I have ever read, and yet it left me in a constant dread in the 4 days that I was devouring it.  Just desperate, awful, evil, dangerous, starving, dead, bleak, truly hopeless shit, with a tiny poop-enveloped corn kernel of scant resolution at the very end.  I think I want to either read it again or just find a way to blow up the planet now.  I think I can count my blessings in that even in my most pessimistic view the world the McCarthey portrays will not be experienced by myself or, hopefully still, my offspring.  But I'm starting to worry about any of my unrealized grandchildren.  What a vision.

I picked this book up almost 2 years ago while traveling with my father to Mayo Clinic. I didn't really know much about the book but I loved all of McCarthey's other writings and thought this could fill the down time between tests and consultations while my Dad was resting and take my mind off of his cancer.

Holy shit was that a mistake.
I made it through a few dozen pages before I realized that I needed to find another book or else I would probably end up walking in front of a bus.

I picked it up again while on vacation last spring and absolutely inhaled it. Like all McCarthey it is strikingly descriptive and for me, riveting.
Huey and R-V already conveyed how bleak the story is but you want to keep reading hoping that something good will happen to the main characters. Yet in the back of your mind you know that is not likely.
McCarthey has stated that parts of the book were heavily influenced by conversations he's had with his young son, and that his relationship with his son is the greatest joy of his life. I found it interesting that he uses such a dark story to convey that relationship to the reader.

I reccommend the book highly, just make sure there's not a lot of heavy shit going on in your own life when you start it.

[Yeti]

I just finished it today. It is depressing as fuck. Naturally, I wanted to know more about why the world was that way and how they survived it to get to the point in the book, but I was able to have those needs curbed by the excellence of this book. It was descriptive as hell. I will probably go the Huard route and read it again, but I'll have to wait awhile to not have the desire to jump off that mat with RV.

[Slaky]

Wow, just finally read this.

Holy shit.

[flannj]

Wow, just finally read this.

Holy shit.

Happy stuff isn't it?

[Fork]

The road is fucking hard.

The road is fucking tough.