Valerie's review
I Am the Messenger
by Markus Zusak
I just finished The Book Thief last night (still forming my review) and I was hoping that this was as good... Damn.
I get annoyed with the whole slang aspect, so that will definitely irritate me.
I may read it anyway just because I so loved The Book Thief.
You should give it a try... you might like it. I wish I had read it before The Book Thief. To me, it just couldn't compare.
I actually liked the slangy aspect. I thought it worked in this book...
It was just strange, because although the book had a pretty original concept, I found it strangely formulaic at the end.
Now I want you to read it and tell me what you think... give it a try - it's not a huge time commitment.
Valerie's review
I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
Valerie's review
rating:
bookshelves:
young-adult
This book is the story of Ed Kennedy, a twenty-year-old Australian going-nowhere cabdriver who has a few close friends (including a girl that he's hopelessly in love with), a smelly dog that he shares his coffee with (the Doorman), and a foul-mouthed mother whose main purpose in life seems to be telling him to "piss off!".
The story begins as he and his friends find themselves in the middle of a bank robbery. Ed ends up inadvertently apprehending the robber, and becomes somewhat of a local hero. He then begins to receive playing cards in the mail with cryptic messages on them, and he needs to figure out what they mean, what he's supposed to do with them, who is sending them to him, and why.
I thought it was a good book, though not nearly as strong as The Book Thief (also by Zusak; the novel that brought me to this one). All the Australian slang was fun, and the main character and his friends were likable enough, but as I was getting closer to the end of the book, I fou...more
The story begins as he and his friends find themselves in the middle of a bank robbery. Ed ends up inadvertently apprehending the robber, and becomes somewhat of a local hero. He then begins to receive playing cards in the mail with cryptic messages on them, and he needs to figure out what they mean, what he's supposed to do with them, who is sending them to him, and why.
I thought it was a good book, though not nearly as strong as The Book Thief (also by Zusak; the novel that brought me to this one). All the Australian slang was fun, and the main character and his friends were likable enough, but as I was getting closer to the end of the book, I fou...more
I just finished The Book Thief last night (still forming my review) and I was hoping that this was as good... Damn.
I get annoyed with the whole slang aspect, so that will definitely irritate me.
I may read it anyway just because I so loved The Book Thief.
You should give it a try... you might like it. I wish I had read it before The Book Thief. To me, it just couldn't compare.I actually liked the slangy aspect. I thought it worked in this book...
It was just strange, because although the book had a pretty original concept, I found it strangely formulaic at the end.
Now I want you to read it and tell me what you think... give it a try - it's not a huge time commitment.