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I read The Road and it just didn't click with me, I finished it feeling like it was just "ok." I think part of the problem was how much it had been hyped up by other readers and how famous it was and I went into it expecting to be changed when I came out, though I wasn't. I'll give McCarthy another try though, I have both No County for Old Men and Blood Meridian sitting on my bookshelf and I'll get to them eventually.
The Road was definitely an outlier of his, but one that I still think is a good book. You're right though, I feel like it got overhyped a bit, but I hope that doesn't shadow his other work for you. No Country and Blood Meridian are both juggernauts and incredible pieces of fiction. If you haven't seen the movie adaptation of No Country either I highly recommend it.
Yeah I haven't seen the movie, so I'm looking forward to experiencing the story as brand new.