Only read his civil war story (forgot the name) but did have problems. Saw both The Road and NCFOM though. Good movies although The Road was so absolutely empty of a smile in it that you felt like go hanging yourself after seeing it. Good acting though. And Bardem was great in the Old Men. A much better movie than the road.His choppy writing style in The Road drove me absolutely nuts. I liked the story (as much as you can like an absolutely bleak, hopeless story), but I don't think I'll read another of his books.