Customer Reviews:
 Waste of Time November 17, 2008
K. Hawk (Savannah, GA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I just finished reading this book. I feel as though I have wasted 4 hours of my life. I refused to put it down until I finished because I thought there must be a pay-off at the end. I suffered through page after page of the same story. Ash, shopping carts, wrapping up in blankets, rain storm, look for food, hide on the side of the road, go through an abandoned house. Turn and page and repeat. The dialouge between the boy and the man was annoying. "Papa I'm cold". "I know". "Okay". "Okay". "Papa, I'm scared". "I know". "Okay". Luckily, I bought the paperback and only wasted $14 instead of $27!
 Dark with no salvation November 17, 2008
N. Hamlin (Marquette, MI USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Reading is, for me, instructive, uplifting, entertaining, or enlightening. To be dark without any of the other attributes feels like a waste of time. This book wasted my time. I already know how cruel humans can be, and how badly we treat the planet. I kept waiting for the moral to rise out of the ashes, but none did.
 The Road November 16, 2008
Cheryl Sheets (Massena, NY USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This month's book club leader chose it. Something I probably never would have read. That is what makes being in a book club and others choosing each month fun. It was an "interesting" book. I found it very slow at the beginning. As I got into it I could not put it down. I needed to know what was going to happen to the characters. The love between father and son was very strong. I feel the father would have done anything for the son and in a way did. He may have just given up if he did not have his son to protect.
The Road November 16, 2008
Patti1955 (Phoenix, Az.)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is the last time I listen to Oprah regarding any book. This book is dark but meaningless. I had to force myself to finish this pointless tragic story. br /How this became a best seller is beyond me. br /
 Wow. What a great book but - whew - don't expect to be lift up. November 16, 2008
dcw (Texas)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Another outstanding book from Cormac. And out of his normal genre. I really enjoyed the book but it is gonna leave you feeling like you need some sunshine afterwards. Dark book, dark story telling done very well.
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