Just finished The Road and it was the first book in years that made me cry

Since I've begun reading literary fiction, I have never come across a book that made me cry. The Road managed to do it. Gosh it was so beautiful and raw and I'll always love Cormac McCarthy for possessing such magical abilities in writing. He can manipulate language in a way that perfectly explains inexplicable emotions and that summons utter beauty in the most grotesque situation imaginable. Blood Meridian included.

How does he make dialogue feel so real? When the father was dying, it felt like I was that boy, cold, hungry, and terrified to lose the only person I've ever known in the harsh world.

I don't know how to express into words what I felt after finishing the book. I was wondering if any of you have thought about what made this book so beautiful (or not, if that's your opinion), and if you could share it. Man I love Cormac McCarthy and his writing.