“The way you look at the world”, a friend told me a while ago, “will not be the same after this book.” “We’ll just see,“ I thought to myself.

I cannot promise you that you won’t have to go for a couple of days without being able to smile after The Road, and I can most definitely not promise you that you won’t have to shed the odd tear while reading it. It’s a heart-breaker, a gut-wrencher, a soul-inside-out-turner. It’s so god forsakenly sad … dammit … it’s post-apocalyptic emptiness, and it’s not, like other critics maintain, ultimately a story of hope … but then, McCarthy never is.
I give The Road 5 out of 5 smileys and I envy you – I sincerely envy you – for being able to read it for the first time. Enjoy. And remember my words. The way you look at the world will not be the same after this book.