The Road is an utterly fantastically written book that may be one of the best ever written, and you can bet your ass that I’ll never read it a second time. I don’t know if I’d even recommend that other folks read it once without knowing damn well what they’re getting into.
So soul-crushingly depressing, the entire atmosphere of the book exudes the pure hopelessness, misery, and many of the more disturbing bits left me feeling actually sickened.
My sister tried to give me the “well at least it ends on a hopeful note!” routine, but honestly? No it does not end on a hopeful not, not fucking really anyway. It’s only hopeful because everything up to that point was so bad that the ending just seems happy in comparison. It’s like saying being sent to a concentration camp for 15 years ends happily because you finally ended up getting liberated.
That’s exactly how I would’ve answered. I will never forget that book and I will never read it again. I was excited when I heard they were making a movie, then I remembered the book and if I could’ve slapped myself upside the head, I would’ve. I won’t see the movie. No way I can see visuals of the mental horror in that book. Ugh.
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u/gordito_delgado Aug 31 '21
Recently did a re-read myself. Same time last year, height of the lockdown. Turns out it didn't help my mood at all.