It is the simmering summer of 2001 in New York City. Heller is the youngest employee of Soft Tidings, a messenger service whose motto is “new...
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Aug 22, 2010
Lisa
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Nov 17, 2008
Ocean
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i'm only halfway through, but i feel compelled to laud this book as a sweet wacky valentine to pre-9/11 new york city, and also an ode to the time-honored tradition of riding yr bike down the street really fast. super!
***okay, i finished it. man, what a good fucking book! why doesn't it get more credit?
***okay, i finished it. man, what a good fucking book! why doesn't it get more credit?
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Nov 21, 2011
Stephanie
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I'm torn between giving The Burning City three or four stars, the reason is simply because I am still not entirely sure of what it was all about. I'd consider it to be a coming of age novel, but I'm not sure how else I could classify this.
The story centers around the protagonist, bicycle-obsessed Heller, a sixteen year old boy who works for a company called Soft Tidings where his job is to disclose significant events, or bad news, to people - whether it is news of an abortion, a missed bi More...
The story centers around the protagonist, bicycle-obsessed Heller, a sixteen year old boy who works for a company called Soft Tidings where his job is to disclose significant events, or bad news, to people - whether it is news of an abortion, a missed bi More...
Mar 02, 2008
Sharon
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Very inspirational, those one-out-of-a-million kinds of books. I LOVE it.
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Oct 13, 2011
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Dec 17, 2008
Kate
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Sixteen-year-old Heller works at "Soft Tidings" a New York company that delivers news with a personal touch. He rides around the city on his bike; in preperation for the Tour de France; delivering bad news to good people. When Heller gets some bad news of his own he reconsiders his life and the people around him.
The flashy cycling in this book is sure to catch a teens eye and the unusal characters and plot draw the reader in as they experience a New York summer on the bac More...
The flashy cycling in this book is sure to catch a teens eye and the unusal characters and plot draw the reader in as they experience a New York summer on the bac More...
Apr 22, 2009
Libby
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A strange little book. I loved that it was written by father and son though I did find it confusing in parts. I had too many questions about Heller and his family. It was also a very apocalyptic, I kept waiting for the end of the world scene...a very different little book indeed.
Jun 23, 2011
Rebecca
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If I had to pick a word to describe this book I would say comfortable. In every sense of the word.
Jun 04, 2008
This was a weird book. It is about a kid who works for a messenger service that delivers telegrams personally. The main kid has a soft touch that delivers news of deaths, divorces, and all unfortunate news with ease. All of the people he delivers messages to weave a web in his daily happens. It is pretty interesting. I wouldn't say fantastic, but it is worth reading.
Nov 02, 2011
I picked this up because of a short story I read by Ariel Dorfman in a fiction edition of Atlantic Monthly. So far so good...
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