In our social studies class we are reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy. The book was released in 2006, and became a smashing hit and an international bestseller.
The book is buildt up with a lot of paragraphs, this makes it special because I can't remember reading any other books with that many paragraphs.
In the book we follow a man and his son, they are simply referred to as "the man" and "the boy". I think the author did this because there are not so many other carachters that we need to relate to, so he kept it simple. The main plot in the story is that the man and the boy are trying to get to the coast, the man is not sure why, but he think thats the best place to be. The world is destroyed and there's ashes everywhere, the book doesn't say anything about what may have happened, but I think there has been an atombomb or a meteor or something similar.
From the first pages and untill about the fiftieth, nothing special happens. The man and the boy just walks around, describing the surroundings, but amazingly it doesn't get boring. Im currently on page 53, but I'm reading all the time so the page number changes quickly.
This post is a work in progress, and I will update it often throughout the book.
Good for you, keep on reading! I thought is was more interesting and engaging as I kept reading. It kind of grows on you this book. And it really doesn't matter what has happened. Something terrible has med the world an unbearable place. You have to admire the main characters.
SvarSlett