The Road-begining

So far, I am surprised to say this, but I have enjoyed this book to a degree. The writing style reminds me of that of Chuck Palahniuk. He is the author of such books as Choke, Fight Club, Lullaby, and Survivor, the later three of which I own and have read more than once. There are many short sentences in Chuck's writing just like in The Road but, his writing is even more obscure than that of Cormac McCarthy. An example would be Chuck's one word sentences in Fight Club, or the main character, counting in his head, each number a sentence, in Chuck's exceptional novel Lullaby. I also enjoy how Cormac does not give names to his main characters just like Chuck does in Fight Club. Although I have talked about it a lot, this is not the only reason I like this book. I also like the fluidity and fanciness of his sentences. Too many books these days come out and are all basic sentences all the way through with no descriptive words and the same old adjectives and "he said she saids” all throughout. This book and, as I've been told by my dorky girlfriend, all the books by this author, are very well written and are actually enjoyable to hear out loud. The one problem I've found is that it is kind of difficult to retain the information when read late at night due to its occasional new vocabulary words and non-monotonous descriptive words. Other than that this novel is great so far. ☻ (Sheshot)