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A father and son walk through a burned-out American landscape, pushing a shopping cart and trying to survive.
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A father and son walk through a burned-out American landscape, pushing a shopping cart and trying to survive.
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Cormac McCarthy's tenth novel, The Road, is his most harrowing yet deeply personal work. Some unnamed catastrophe has scourged the world to a burnt-out cinder, inhabited by the last remnants of mankind and a very few surviving dogs and fungi. The sky is perpetually shrouded by dust and toxic particulates; the seasons are merely varied intensities of cold and dampness. Bands of cannibals roam the roads and inhabit what few dwellings remain intact in the woods.Through this nightmarish residue ...
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Romance & sex
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Brief, implied sexual situations with no on-page explicit scenes. Implied rape and threats of sexual violence, including fear for child characters.
Violence & gore
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Post-apocalyptic brutality, cannibalism, corpses described in detail
Profanity
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Moderate use of strong language and profanities in dialogue.
Substance use
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No substance use depicted.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA+ representation.
Religious content
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Recurring themes of carrying 'the fire' with subtle biblical and moral undertones.
Magic & witchcraft
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No witchcraft or occult elements.
Occult / demonology
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No evidence found in available sources.
Political content
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Subtle environmental catastrophe themes implying climate fiction elements.
Self-harm / suicide
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Frequent suicide ideation; on-page depiction of a character's suicide and discussions of it.
Abuse & suffering
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Central themes of child peril, cannibalism as cruelty, systemic suffering, and enslavement. Implied rape and threats of sexual violence, including fear for child characters.
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