The Road - movie or book opinions?

[M4arc]

The movie was depressing and the kid was a total puss.

Please pass the long pig sausage.

Seriously? WTF?

Try his Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing and Cities of the Plain.

Depressing? I don't think I could read another book like The Road.

[tiger seven]

Depressing? I don't think I could read another book like The Road.

I best McCarthy work I've read is Blood Meridian. I wouldn't say it's as depressing as The Road, but it is bleaker and probably the most relentlessly brutal novel I've ever read in its examination of human nature. While I was impressed and at times moved by The Road, I think Blood Meridian is a genuine masterpiece and work of genius. It's a very different sort of book though, with a very different sort of language, so many fans of The Road may not like it.

Derek

[austinN4]

Depressing? I don't think I could read another book like The Road.

Eye of the beholder - here are the reviews on Amazon so you can make up your own mind: http://www.amazon.com/Border-Trilogy.../dp/0375407936

Blood Meridian is a work of art, but also may be the most violent book I have ever read. Amazon reviews: http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Meridian...tt_at_ep_dpt_2

[M4arc]

Eye of the beholder - here are the reviews on Amazon so you can make up your own mind: http://www.amazon.com/Border-Trilogy.../dp/0375407936

Blood Meridian is a work of art, but also may be the most violent book I have ever read. Amazon reviews: http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Meridian...tt_at_ep_dpt_2

Oh I think I could actually get into those! I think The Road just hit close to home. I loved it, don't get me wrong, but having a son around the same age really scared the shit out of me. Depressing was not the right word.

[pilotguyo540]

I read the book a while ago and just watched the movie for the first time last night.

The movie was more along the lines of the book than I thought possible. I had 2 very different feelings after completing each. After I finished the book, my will to live and any hope of the future were gone. and I need way more ammo. After the movie I felt I just need more ammo and a storm shelter

[5pins]

I remember saying to my wife after the movie “at least we won’t start the end of the world with only one revolver and two rounds of ammo”.