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Do I Like The Road?

To put it simply, yes.  Overall I found this book to be fairly simple and easy to follow when compared to some of the other AP books.  I found it very enjoyable because I could sit down without having to stress super hard over looking for literary devices and such.  Also, this was the first book this year where I was able to read it at night without falling asleep.  Most of the AP books are relatively dry and will put you to sleep in no time.  However, The Road's  fast paced reading style allowed for me to stay focused and not get lost in the chapters.  As a whole I found this novel to be pretty good, but the ending is where it got me. To me, the ending was just ok.  Yes, McCarthy was definitely trying to pull on my heart strings but I wouldn't let him.  Basically every death scene between a father and a son is sad, but for some reason this one was not that sad for me.  I don't know if it was because the characters themselves were...