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Originally Posted by Delano

If you don't have compassion for that little boy, you don't have a soul. Annoying? Please...

What I found annoying was the fact that he was crammed down your throat for you to sympathize with. He was so pure and so good, almost like the conscience of the Man. It was annoying that even at the end of the book, despite this world being a truly horrible place and full of horrible people, that he was still being so naive.

Spoiler!

Even after they find the half eaten baby, the kid isnt ****ed up. I thought he would have grown up so to speak at the end. And having the man die at the end only to have the boy rescued, I put down the book and asked "WTF was the point of that"

My biggest gripe was them not staying in the well stocked bomb shelter. why was there such an urgency to get to the coast? why not just stay there in the well hidden bunker until rations start to get low, pack what you can and then leave. Made no sense to me.