The Road by Cormac McCarthy was the kind of book that I would pick up and then put right back down again. I did this several times. I managed through a couple of chapters but just found it slow and verbose.  Granted I enjoy the challenge of a great story especially when I'm also looking to improve on my vocabulary. But not in the excess that I felt with this book. I would have to have a dictionary constantly on hand in order to decipher the meanings and proper intent with his choice of words. To me, that would lose its purpose since I would have to continuously re-read paragraphs.

I am baffled because I have read several book reviews about The Road and many said that this is the "most readable" of Cormac McCarthy's works. I however didn't find it as such. I've read a couple of books with this same type of plot but I found The Road slow and confusing. Nothing seemed to grab at me to make me want to continue reading.

The road movie is called No Country for Old Men. The movie looks interesting and so I'm thinking that the book might be too. So I certainly want to give Cormac McCarthy's works another chance. And I still intend on finishing The Road at some point. Am I missing something about The Road? Does it take more time to really get into it? I would love to hear your thoughts...

Here is a link to the author Cormac McCarthy's web site.