It reads like someone went on a wikipedia spree to just get all the shock schlock from warzones and sieges to string together into the most flat and generic possible "story".

So yeah, if you don't get your jollies reading about the miserable and cruel things we do to each other, it won't be for you.

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No, the head's down, that's the problem.

It's bleak. I don't find it particularly realistic but as the other commenter said it doesn't have grand hero plots, it does feel real and hopeless.

I don't know what you mean by triggering. It's not graphic if that's what you mean. Compared to say Octavia Butler.

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I think it could trigger you. It's remarkably bleak. However its pacey and not that long so you could get through it quickly!

Even worse if there ARE people around like the book.

Yes and you’ve taken the high road with telling people that see it differently than you that their attitude sucks.

Yeah I'm sure a kid reading it now would see that line differently

It is extremely extremely desolate. I personally love post apocalyptic, survival, prepper - ish stuff but everything I've read before 'The Road' was Sesame Street. Throw out all the cool plot building and factions. Colorful characters with deep back stories and character archs don't exist here. Its a man trying to keep his son alive. There is no real hope. It's prolly the closest I've read to a actual reality and that is what shook me the most. No speeches or grandstanding. No heroic last stands or helping others. Me being a parent, it's the absolute worst case scenario. Terrifying to be honest. I'm glad I read it tho. What people can do and become is more terrifying than anything that can be put in paper. Man o man. Reader beware.

Truly dread. 10/10 would not do it again

how is it 4.38 on goodreads though

I agree, she seems to want to convey something deep, but it turns out shallow

It’s very bleak. Seriously. Imagine standing in the middle of a field at wintertime. It’s cold, snowing and there isn’t a soul around. You haven’t eaten in days and there’s no help coming for you. In fact, there’s no one for miles. That’s The Road.

You've embarrassed yourself here. I hope that you can find some grace and maturity.

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"The sky above the port was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel."

Modern TV's show blue for a dead channel, which changes the visual entirely.

Nobody here even disagrees with your opinion. It's your attitude that sucks.

You’re entitled to your opinion just like me.

No? No bingo. You're not blowing any minds here. This is reddit. You're not going to find many biblical realists outside of a few crazy subs.

“Regardless of its accuracy”. Bingo!

Regardless of your 15 year old, new to atheism edge, the bible had tremendous historical significance, regardless of its accuracy.

Read em. Love em. Keep em by my bedside

Oh you like Terry Pratchett. You sir are clearly a person of taste. Have you read the discworld books?

What's funny is that someone literally made a whole ass post defending(?) colleen sometime ago...and then I see this review about how horrible verity is😭 I'm literally giggling right now

I have read Excession and yeah, it's quite good. It's like Good Omens level good. And I think you have a really amazing sense of liking books. We are quite alike!