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Adam Milton on The Road (B)

The Road
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The Road
Cormac McCarthy
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B
B+ from 6 people

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ByAdam Milton Adam MiltonJuly 29, 2026

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This was bleak. Like even for a McCarthy novel. You want to sit in the sun, hold a loved one while you read this.

Well written and classic McCarthy prose.

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Electric Sheep
Electric Sheep

Blood Meridian still holds as his bleakest, I think, but this one is no slouch.

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Adam Milton
Adam Milton

Maybe but one of my biggest fears as a child was surviving in a post-apocalyptic world. So this hits close to home.