The Road (2006)
A father and his son try to survive in an apocalyptic wasteland.
So I decided to read this after hearing a lot of people say that this book was really good. I am a fan of apocalyptic stories so what can I not like?
Wait, I actually listened to the audiobook version, I didn't "read" it
Anyway, I thought the book wasn't as good as everyone made it sound
It's not so much the writing as it is the content, the book is pretty boring
Father and son go do this, walk there, scavenge here, sleep upstairs. There are about two or three events in the book that were suspenseful and exciting
In those two or three events where everything got interesting, I couldn't stop listening (remember, I listened to the audiobook)
those parts were really good, but otherwise the book was boring
The descriptive writing was actually pretty good
but I don't see why this is particularly good compared to other post-apocalyptic stories
in a nutshell
Not as good as people say, but not that bad either. Mostly boring.