Justin On The Road

So after many many months of debating i finally broke down and decided to read The Road. I don't like reading books that they make movies of because for some reason it makes me enjoy both versions less. But i had to because i couldn't wait for the movie any more. I finished it today and i must say, i was very underwhelmed. I don't get it, and that makes me sad. I want to be in the loop, i want to think it's a brilliant piece of literature....but i don't. I thought it was boring, uneventful, and i seriously wanted to punch the little boy right in the face. I don't care if he is only a small lad, i would like to have thrown him into a tree and then held him under water until bubbles stopped surfacing. Ok, not really, but the punch in the face part was very accurate. I couldn't even believe his character. No little boy is going to sit there and question his dad over and over when he continues to save his life over and over again. And the kid was such a freaking whiner. I know he was little, but i would like for somebody else to go through that book and count the times that he says he is scared. I bet it is close to a hundred. Whine whine whine whine whine whine whine. I was just waiting for his dad to punch him, or to kill him and eat him. That would have been fine too. I really really hope the movie is better. But also i am not a novel enthusiast just like anybody that knows me knows. Maybe that's why i don't appreciate it. I can imagine the performance Viggo Mortensen is going to give though, and that is going to be something to see. Maybe the expectations killed it for me, or maybe it was the boring parts. Either way the book really is ok but if anybody is going to read it i would say start on page ninety.