6. What other remarks might you have about the books? Questions? Observations? Reactions? (The Road)

I think had this book not been so widely loved and recommended to me, I would have had a different reaction. I’ve had countless people tell me how this is their absolute favorite book and it changed the way they read, so I was inclined to expect greatness. As I started reading, people would come up to me and tell me “watch out for the trap door” or they’d just wince and tell me what a tough read it was. Naturally, this got me excited, and I gladly read on, waiting to be shocked or disturbed. However, that time never came. My first thought after finishing the book was WHAT TRAP DOOR PART?! Did I skip a major chapter?? But as luck would have it it was 3 a.m. and I was not about to go wake up my whole family, as much as I would have liked. Finally, the next morning, I was able to ask all my questions, but by the end, I could not hide my disappointment. Apparently the trap door part that everyone was talking about was the hatch door thing on page 110, a part that I found so trivial I could not even remember. Not to say that this book, particularly that part, was all flowers and rainbows, but I have to say I was expecting so much more. Because of that, I think I was much more disappointed by the book than I ever would have been normally. I wish I could have read this book before I heard so many good reviews from disturbed readers, because I think had I read it then I would’ve had a very different opinion.