Book Discussion: The Road

The Road by Cormac McCarthy has been getting a lot of tongue wagging time over on the Agent Query Connect area lately, so I have suggested that anyone wanting to discuss this novel to join in the discussion thread on March 22nd.

Have you read it?

Do you want to read it?

Join us! It’s free and fun.

It is definitely a book that will get people talking.

A little bit about the book: Set in post apocalyptic U.S.A, a father and son walk towards the coast where they hope to find people, food and sunshine. The countryside is dangerous, burned, freezing, dark, and dead. They slug through weeks of hunger, illness, bandits and close calls as they struggle to reach their destination.

And yes, it is a bit dark and depressing, however the story pulls you forward despite discrepancies (such as thunder storms when it is ‘cold enough to crack rocks’). There is something chilling, yet compelling.