“The Road” by Cormac McCarthy held me captive, staying up all night immersed in its pages, awakening the next morning with a lingering sense of melancholy. Stephen King’s works, especially “The Shining,” share that unique ability to make you eagerly anticipate the next page, constantly wondering what twist awaits.
Can I ask you where you’re from? You used university so you’re obviously not an American (we say college, don’t know why) and the reason I’m asking is because I read war and peace last year and didn’t love it. Can’t say I didn’t like it because the characters were great and it was following the Napoleonic Wars but when i was all done i just felt meh about it. What made you love it so much? Might it be that im an American and I don’t resonate with it the same way Europeans do?