Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

114 reviews

avasbookmark's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

michelleabdanan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Beautiful, brutal, haunting, moving, and deeply human. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

andrea_lachance's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Not a fun summer read!!!

I’m very much a mood reader, and The Road is definitely meant to be read on a dreary day, rather than on a warm cloudy day in a hammock when one is appreciating nature. Or maybe that is the best setting to read about a completely desolate, grey world where the only thing a man can do is walk, hold his gun, and hope he dies before his child.

Wish I had read this in an academic setting, where I could certainly get more literary analysis on this book, but I’ll settle for pilfering YouTube, academic websites, and my library’s ProQuest.

Cornac McCarthy’s writing stands in a league of its own, in both syntax and style. There were so many words I straight up didn’t know and didn’t even bother to look up the definition of.

The story is so simple, which is what makes it so heartwrenching.

Still split on if this is “hopeful” book, but based on what I know of McCarthy’s previous work, this is probably the most hopeful of the bunch. It’s so minimal, that its impact is astonishing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Slavery, Cannibalism, and Murder

Minor: Suicide

beanjoles's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This feels sacrilegious to say, but I think I would have enjoyed this book more had I not watched the Last of Us... because TLoU just did it better. Same vibes, similar landscape, but the show was so engaging and this book was just... not. That said, some of the writing was quite beautiful. 

The audiobook read by Tom Stechschulte is fantastic, though. I'm glad I read the book in that format. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide and Torture

Minor: Kidnapping, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

bansolitude's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

charmarie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

point docked off for being a little too slow paced at certain points

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault

qstew's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

chinburgmitch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Cannibalism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Death, Rape, Slavery, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Ableism, Chronic illness, and Cursing

annaa_aaaaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Suicide, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

emamoretti03's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Questo libro è un capolavoro che finisce istantaneamente nei preferiti. Una volta finito ( ma spesso anche durante la lettura ) ti lascia a fissare il soffitto pensieroso.
Tutto è perfetto in questo libro, la scrittura è impeccabile. È una scrittura secca, cupa, essenziale, non vengono neanche detti i nomi dei personaggi ma semplicemente uomo e bambino e ciò rispecchia il mondo post-apocalittico che viene descritto, dove niente ha più importanza se non sopravvivere. È talmente importante la sopravvivenza che porta a fenomeni di cannibalismo ma per l'uomo la vera importanza è il bambino, suo figlio. È un romanzo toccante, malinconico che ti angoscia tramite la descrizione di questo mondo non tanto lontano dal nostro. Con queste guerre in corso mi ha fatto veramente riflettere sul dove stiamo arrivando con questa società. 

Lo rileggerei mille volte

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, and Death of parent