I just finished The Road and I am an emotional wreck. This is the harrowing story of a man and his son travelling across post-apocalyptic America, just trying to survive. There are some horrifying moments involving cannibals and corpses, alongside the truly moving relationship between a father and son.
This book has a unique style, beautifully written in a continuous stream following the journey of the man and the boy. The Road shows instances of humanity at its best and at its worst, in a disturbingly possible future. It is recommended that this book is read in one sitting, but I had no trouble putting it down and coming back to it later. The writing style is very easy to get back into and the story itself is gripping (putting it down was much harder than picking it back up).
This is not in any way a light read but, despite the utter devastation and misery, there is always a thread of hope for the characters and for humanity as a whole which you’ll find yourself clinging to while you read. Prepare to be traumatised in the best way possible.
This book was both cute and intriguing – I enjoyed it a lot. The story was good – Cora Sparks goes on a mission to discover the truth behind her parent’s mysterious deaths, leaving grandmother Etta and friend Walt to sort out their own lives in her absence.
I had high hopes for this book which were not quite met, but I didn’t hate it. Young Lord, Arthur Hallingham, travels to the New World and joins Shelo, a native with weird powers, on a questionable quest to punish some poor guy. There’s a strong sense of mystery surrounding Arthur’s past and Shelo’s activities which to be fair was intriguing (and a nice change to have an unpredictable storyline) but was, on occasions, so mysterious that I’m actually still not entirely sure what was going on.