Survival, 287, medium reading level.
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Father and son travel an abandoned road in a post-apocalyptic United States. Everything is covered in ash, the trees are nothing but burnt trunks. The stores have long since been looted, and decaying bodies still remain in the streets. With only a shopping cart full of food, blankets, and toys for the boy, they head south, towards the coast. It's October - and they know they cannot survive another winter where they are. They have only two bullets to defend themselves. If they don't die of hypothermia, starve, or get eaten by some of the cannibals that roam the wasteland - they might just make it - but what will they find?
This is a good book; but fairly disturbing. It's intense, powerful, and frightening - not boring at all. I enjoyed the imagery in the book, and the insight on what it would be like in a world where almost everyone is dead. While I enjoyed this book, it definitely had mature content - so if your looking for a dark, but interesting survival book - this is the one for you.
My next book: The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes - Marcus Sakey
Aaron,
ReplyDeleteI read this book a couple of years ago and found it intensely creepy, though not in a bad way. It actually fits well with the dystopian novels that are so popular right now. McCarthy's writing style has the starkness of language that I saw in your story. I can see why you like his work.
-K
this sounds like a really good book and i might read it soon and i really like how you described it.
ReplyDeleteWow, that sounds pretty intense. Definitely adding to my TBR!
ReplyDeletethat sounds pretty intense, I am going to put it on my TBR list because it sounds very deep and convoluted but good at the same time
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