Comments on: “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy http://www.girldetective.net/?p=2985 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:58:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=2985&cpage=1#comment-17548 girldetective Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:07:30 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=2985#comment-17548 I too found it hard to put down. The short segments and strong prose pulled me through the book. After they encounter a group with a truck, there's a section where the book could not be pried from my hands till the danger passed. As a parent of sons, I could easily connect, too, but I could feel for the mother as well. Really emotionally wrenching. I too found it hard to put down. The short segments and strong prose pulled me through the book. After they encounter a group with a truck, there’s a section where the book could not be pried from my hands till the danger passed.

As a parent of sons, I could easily connect, too, but I could feel for the mother as well. Really emotionally wrenching.

]]> By: Seth http://www.girldetective.net/?p=2985&cpage=1#comment-17547 Seth Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:35:22 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=2985#comment-17547 I just reviewed this one on my blog, but with nowhere near the eloquence with which you did. As a father of a son, it was easy to connect with the narrative. I couldn't put it down, quite honestly. I just reviewed this one on my blog, but with nowhere near the eloquence with which you did. As a father of a son, it was easy to connect with the narrative.

I couldn’t put it down, quite honestly.

]]> By: Steph http://www.girldetective.net/?p=2985&cpage=1#comment-17533 Steph Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:32:15 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=2985#comment-17533 Reading your review of this one has made me think I'd like to read it again - it was terrifying and sad and gutting, but I appreciated the way this book provoked me to think and the way it made me feel (ok, it made me feel bad, but I appreciated that it could make me feel so much). 2010 is my year of reading my own books and also making time for re-reads so it may crop up in my reading again this year. Thanks for the reminder! But yeah, no desire whatsoever to see the movie. The images burned into my mind from the writing alone were quite enough for me. Reading your review of this one has made me think I’d like to read it again - it was terrifying and sad and gutting, but I appreciated the way this book provoked me to think and the way it made me feel (ok, it made me feel bad, but I appreciated that it could make me feel so much). 2010 is my year of reading my own books and also making time for re-reads so it may crop up in my reading again this year. Thanks for the reminder!

But yeah, no desire whatsoever to see the movie. The images burned into my mind from the writing alone were quite enough for me.

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