OK, so when is good not good?
A couple of months back, Aprill read a book called “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy. She went on and on about it – asking everyone she met (and I would guess some total strangers) if they had read it. I can picture her standing in line at the grocery store tapping the person in front of her on the shoulder and saying, “don’t buy that Redbook – you want a really good book, read “The Road”…)
I was intrigued, but at the time, I was eyebrow deep into “Pillars of the Earth” – my favorite book of all time. So I couldn’t begin to think about starting something else.
Then, it was done and I was still in the reading mood. So I hopped onto “The Road.” Awesome. So when is good not so good? This is a good book – but it is by no means a happy book. I do highly recommend it. But be prepared – it’s one you won’t be able to put down.
(And by the way – I read it cover to cover in about 4 hours – and I’m a notoriously slow reader.)
