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Cannibal Club So readers I finally made it to the end of the novel. Unfortunately, I was very disappointed. So The Man dies from some sort of sickness that he was carrying on for quite a long time. The boy wakes up and finds his father dead, and is clearly very mournful of this, but stumbles upon another man that eventually invites him to their group. The man explains how the group operates: “You dont eat people. No. We dont eat people.” (McCarthy 284). So this was clearly the disappointing part. When I was reading this scene I was cheering a little in my head thinking that the boy was being accepted into a cannibal group. I clearly misread one of the lines of dialogue, and wondered if the final scene was the boy joining this group of cannibals. I thought it’d be a weird dark twist to end the novel, similar to the dark twist towards the end of No Country for Old Men. This was unfortunately not the case, as the boy showed disinterest whe...

Whiplash is the Best If you’ve never seen the movie Whiplash, your life is not complete. Objectively the most spectacular and engaging film ever produced, and with marvellous characters, Whiplash stomps all competition, and that’s not up for debate. Watch it tonight if you haven’t seen it. Anyway, there’s a small dialogue scene in the film in which the main character, Andrew Neiman, explains his progress towards pursuing a career in music. He explains this while having dinner with his family: “I’m part of Shaffer's top jazz orchestra, which means… well it’s the best in the country. And i’m a core member, so I’ll start playing in competitions.” His brother replies: “How do you know who wins a music competition? Isn’t it subjective?” Andrew replies with a staunch “No.” Again, I can’t recommend it enough. It’s the best film ever made. This scene in particular got me thinking, though, about how one judges things are subjective. Naturally, people hold different opinions, ...

Tom's Voice is Better As the title suggests, I think I’ve reached the cannibalism part of the novel. Unfortunately, it was rather anticlimactic, as I was expecting for the man to be actually captured by cannibals. Then, as he woke from a daze he would be like, “Oh hey what’s going on?” And the cannibals would turn to him, whilst eating something, and they wouldn’t reply. Then he would realize that they were eating his leg and it would be a clever twist. Actually, I stole that from The Walking Dead , but I was nearly positive that’s how the cannibalism would of went down. I’m not completely sure how the boy would factor in though. Instead, The Road disappointed me once again. Now, to be fair, there could be more cannibalism on the way, but, nevertheless, it was quite anticlimactic. Basically, both of our characters are exploring this home and they find this hatch in the middle of the floor. Despite the boy advising that they should leave, the man opens up the hatc...

This Audiobook Guy is Atrocious Over the summer, I thoroughly enjoyed reading Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men . Also an exceptional film, No Country For Old Men was riveting in its delivery of a cat-and-mouse thriller that kept me turning pages through its compelling characters. It had the impression of any other cat-and-mouse thriller with its persistent Sheriff, and morally ambiguous protagonist, but one particular character, Chigurh, enabled the novel to deliver something entirely irresistible. An incredibly well-written novel, that certainly had me thinking about another McCarthy novel when another free-choice option came around. Sadly, The Road is garbage. Drench a novel in w ords with a negative connotation , and cram it full of monotonous dialogue between two utterly uninteresting characters, and you have The Road. This novel is less deserving of Pulitzer Prize than Fun Maps: A quirky collection of geographic curiosities by Michael J. Trinklein. Also, T...