Originally Posted By: Christina
Originally Posted By: TS_Shawn
I'm not a fan of Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" but it did win a Pulitzer and made Oprah's Book Club. That book convinced me that there are disasters you don't want to survive.


Oddly enough, that is one of the reasons why I loved that book. I thought it was very powerful and beautifully written, even if it was incredibly bleak.

Thanks for the book recommendations, guys! I think I'll add these to my to-read shelf and the ETS Group on Goodreads.


I thought The Road was an excellent read to be sure, but it was insanely bleak... which makes you think that that was part of the author's purpose in writing it, to paint the worst case scenario imaginable for his audience. I won't spoil the ending for anybody, but suffice it to say that there remains a message of hope, or at least a grim recognition of the stubborn will of mankind to suffer and survive no matter what may come.