The Road

[lynn_pryderi]

So I'm reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy and I'm not even an eighth of the way through it and it's already getting me to write this. Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic stories frighten me. The idea of nuclear war frightens me. I am American after all, and I think it's bred into us particularly to be very, very afraid of the possibility of our world

Comments

[lynn_pryderi]

!! I'm glad I inspired you!! (and sorry for making you cry DDD: )

Thank you so much <3

[ninjamatty]

It was so sad yet beautiful and well written TT_TT
Do you think you'll make a sequel ? It would be nice 8D

[lynn_pryderi]

I don't know if I'll ever write a sequel...this was kind of a one-off to get out how disturbed that book was making me feel, but if the book has a bad ending...I'll probably write a happier ending for this. Or...or an appropriately bad ending.

Thank you so much <333

[kurai_malik]

"It was her favorite bear," Alfred said, and started to cry, so suddenly that it surprised Arthur. Tears ran silently down through the greasy soot and Alfred looked down. "It was like in one of my movies. The favorite bear."

That made me tear up. My goodness, you are just brilliant! Oh god. Just brilliant. I can't even think correctly now.

Good job!

[lynn_pryderi]

Thank you so much!! <3 Sorry for making you tear up though <333

[mad_bomber75]

This was so beautiful and sad ;^; I, too, am scared of nuclear war stories (and yet they still intrigue me, despite my fear) and this had me choking up; almost crying. Do you think you'll continue it or just leave it to the readers' imaginations? Either way, it's very well-written <3

[lynn_pryderi]

Thank you so much...I didn't expect it to generate so much emotion in people...<3333 Feel better though. :D

I don't know if I'll do a sequel...maybe an epilogue of some kind later...I just did this to get the creepy feelings that book gave me out X3;

[reikou_hikari]

I was reading it, and I could feel myself tearing up but it wasn't until I got to the teddy bear part did I finally started crying. I too have the fear that everything will disappear and I think this just doubled it. ;___;

Very well written and your descriptions of all the wreckage really hit home in the heart and the silence. It killed me. The quietness felt wrong and conveyed just how much damage was taken. (America should not be silent! We are loud and boisterous! xD) I hope I'm making sense... if I'm not, then it shows how much your story has made me incoherent.

Any chance of a sequel? <3

[lynn_pryderi]

Aah I didn't mean to make you more scared, I'm sorry D': ((hugs))

Thank you so much. <3333 I'm not sure about the sequel yet...maybe...<333