The Road: Initial Reactions

I'm not really sure how I feel about this book. It has been a very intruiging first 150 pages, I assure you. These pages, however, have all started to run together. Since starting the book, I haven't really been able to pinpoint a true motive for this kind of story as most every scene consists of gray, gray and some more gray. Honestly enough, that is how I feel about this book. Gray. Emotionless? Kinda. Depressing? Yeah. Fun to read? Honestly, no. But interesting? Sure. The medium of this topic is enough to grab someone's attention. The way that McCarthy presents this topic makes it that much more engaging. His dialogue. His lack of quotations. His prose. And all make this story riveting and powerful and increasingly deep to the point that some of us get tired and weary and tired again with the way that this book reads. So yeah. Even though I am not a huge fan of this book, it still has provided me with a number of new insights and a wealth of knew knowledge about literature. I hope to apply this knowledge to future English engagements with the hope of a possibly more uplifting and promising set of subject matter.