Comments on: McCarthy’s Road

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:47:16 +0000

I think Evan would really like this book – it reminded me in some ways of “The Hatchet”, which was a book I was required to read in middle or high school. The book is a really easy read. It’s exciting, scary, intense, but also sensitive and deep enough to make you think.

The book touches on survival, hope, and the choices they have to make to stay alive in desperate times. There is also the idea raised that there may or may not be a God in a world like this, however, the main characters still hold to a moral code and consider themselves “good guys” who “carry the fire”.

By: lbeech

lbeech — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:11:27 +0000

Joe – do you think a 9th grade boy would enjoy this book? Evan is an avid reader – I’m trying to find more books for his summer reading.

And huh, McCarthy, glad you changed the original story line. Geez

By: Cormac McCarthy

Cormac McCarthy — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:09:49 +0000

Actually, the way I originally wrote it, the man and the boy took turns eating each other’s buttocks flesh to survive.

By: Gozer the Keymaster

Gozer the Keymaster — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:23:27 +0000

Well, I hate to spoil the surprise of the plot, but does the man eat the boy?