The Road (end)

After finishing the road i have to say i enjoyed it a lot. However, i felt the ending was a little unsatisfying even though by the time they reached the beach i had predicted it would be. While the ending works well with the story i wanted the man to live and keep going with the boy instead of the boy just going with different people. Overall i thought this book had good character development especially for what little we know of them. The style was very different than ive ever read but it made reading the story flow that much more than i think it would have had it been written in a more common way. I wonder how much of the movie will stay true to the book.

I am interested in the graphic novel that we will be reading. I've read a few of Edgar Allen Poes short stories back in high school and i am curious to see what the graphic novel will be like and see if the artist drew the stories how i pictured them to be.

The Road

So i heard from a friend who read this book that it was a really good read so i have been waiting to get into this story and find out what happens. So far i am very satisfied with how the book reads and the descriptions are very well written. In response to question 2 id have to say that i think the reason McCarthy chose this particular writing style is because in the story the world is barren. Towns are abandoned and there are scarce people alive. The time of day and the days themselves are almost one long continuous day. Days turn to months quickly while the man and boy travel and it just seems fitting that the style reflects how one would think after living in years of a destroyed world. I think the style really works for the story. because some of the days are very briefly written i find myself wanting to continue to read to find out how the next day or event will progress. The characters are desperate and i think because they are desperate and readers can for the most part connect with them we are compelled to know the fate of the characters. We also dont know why they are taking the road and what final destination awaits them. For me this is what makes the book the most interesting. The journey they are on has an unknown destination and it continually keeps me reading to try and piece together what happened and what their mission is and if they will even survive the next days journey. Each day that passes the future looks worse and worse for the man and boy. I think the style of the writing is what really keeps me interested and it compliments the story.

Still Life

This is the first detective fiction type of book i have read and so far i'm pretty into it. I like the characters and how the story goes into all the types of connections and relationships of the town. I think gamache is a good detective character and he becomes even better as the book goes along and reveals more and more about his personal life and fears and philosophies. The one part of this story that gets to me at times is all of the french words and names. For me it becomes just slightly annoying to read a name that has a strange pronunciation and sort of takes away the flow of the story. Nichols character as the rookie cop is very well placed i think and that her constant screw ups show just how great of a detective gamache really is. She is the character that just screws up all the perfect opportunities and forces the other detectives to do things the hard way. I like reading when gamache scolds her and shows her flaws to her. It makes me hope that agent Nichols will become better at keeping her mouth shut when she needs to and being more perceptive as the story progresses. I also like how the author writes the story and continually makes more and more people seem like likely suspects and keeps you guessing. I am looking forward to see what happens in the rest of the story and what else unfolds in the village of three pines.