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Extremely good and incredibly depressing.
Excellent book and touching story of a mother-son relationship during a very, very hard time for the family. This was recommended to me on a Parenting board as good for the whole family and I'd agree. I listened alone during commutes, but would be excellent on a road trip, though a bit depressing. I wasn't a huge fan of the side story of the grandmother/grandfather but it wasn't enough to make me feel negatively about the book. I adored Oscar and felt the author did an amazing job of showing the
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2.5 stars. I found the first half to be almost unbearable. The second half picked up and I started feeling a bit more for the characters, to the point wehre I was actually upset for Oskar and his family by the very end. Odd book though, not anything I would ever want to read again, but I am glad I didn't give up on it like I wanted to.
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May 28, 2007
Jessica Haider
rated it
it was amazing
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I loved "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" more than I liked "Everything is Illuminated." This funny, quirky, yet sad book is told from the perspecitves of 3 characters:a young boy trying to come to terms with the loss of his father, the boy's grandmother and her estranged husband. Highly recommended!
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Really lovely. Incredibly potent last few pages, and the brilliant interconnections and sharp writing. But so sad, I don't think this is one I'd ever read again. A three hanky sort of read.
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I really liked this book, but I felt like it took me a while to get into it. Once I got going, though, I didn't want to put it down.
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I love this book so much and it just turns me into the biggest emotional wreck. I end up crying on a bus full of commuters.
This book deserves between 2 and 3 stars, but I can't choose that option.
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Dec 30, 2011
Shauna
marked it as abandoned
Too depressing.
May 17, 2007
Christina, Join Me on Storygraph!
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it was amazing
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Nov 12, 2008
Ann
marked it as to-read
Mar 01, 2011
Maggie
marked it as to-read
Jan 21, 2012
Julianne Dunn
marked it as to-read
Mar 07, 2012
Dayna
is currently reading it
