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somnolik · 04-30-2011, 06:53 PM

"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
After being recommended by a friend this book accompanied me to a vacation in Greece. Boy, that was not what I had in mind when I had asked for "something nice for the beach". After about a hundred pages worth of travelling between cozy summer sun and hopeless postapocalyptic madness I had to give up as soon as

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The language is really concise and conjures up extremely vivid images - I totally admire the craftsmanship. But since my girlfriend had to cuddle me out of a semicatatonic state after I had dropped the book, I can't really recommend this book to overly sensitive people (like myself).

Edit: Reading this book is very much like watching a movie by Michael Haneke: It's good stuff but it makes you feel utterly miserable about everything.

04-30-2011, 06:53 PM	#65
somnolik Technophile Posts: 21 Karma: 88888 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Vienna, Austria Device: Kobo Touch	"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy After being recommended by a friend this book accompanied me to a vacation in Greece. Boy, that was not what I had in mind when I had asked for "something nice for the beach". After about a hundred pages worth of travelling between cozy summer sun and hopeless postapocalyptic madness I had to give up as soon as Spoiler: the main characters discovered some half eaten but living people locked up in a basement as food supply. The language is really concise and conjures up extremely vivid images - I totally admire the craftsmanship. But since my girlfriend had to cuddle me out of a semicatatonic state after I had dropped the book, I can't really recommend this book to overly sensitive people (like myself). Edit: Reading this book is very much like watching a movie by Michael Haneke: It's good stuff but it makes you feel utterly miserable about everything. Last edited by somnolik; 04-30-2011 at 06:58 PM.