What I loved most about this book was that the main two characters were so generalized that it was easy to relate to either of them. There were barely any personal details given so it was left up to your imagination to develop their details.
Basically, a father and son are left to fend for themselves because the world around them no longer exists. They have to travel the road to survive. Constantly searching for something, even though they don't have a clue as to what that something is. Fire is one of the threads throughout the book- the world was burned and has left nothing but ash in it's place, in order to shelter themselves from the weather they must build and keep a fire going, and the boy and his father are carrying the fire as they struggle on their journey to nowhere.
They encounter some horrible and unimaginable things as they try to find food and housing. The only thing they have to protect themselves is a single bullet. The map they use to find their way is tattered and barely readable. They're robbed. Threatened. Chased. So many trials are overcome. They did their best with what they had and kept moving forward even when it seemed impossible- often lesson that is spoken or taught and overlooked.
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