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4.5 stars for this one...wow, Jonathan Safran Foer is an amazing writer! This novel was emotionally draining, but incredilbe. The basic premise is, a boy loses his father, and in an effort to remain close to him, he sets out in search to find the lock that belogs to a key he found in his father's closet. Oskar, the boy in the story, reminds me so much of the main character in The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Night-Time that at first I thought he was autistic, but later realized he was just
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ugh!
this was tortuous to get through...my first impression of hte first 75 pages was, "this doesn't sound like any 9 year-old I know..."
i found this book very hard to read, hard to follow, and tedious.
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this was tortuous to get through...my first impression of hte first 75 pages was, "this doesn't sound like any 9 year-old I know..."
i found this book very hard to read, hard to follow, and tedious.
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The book itself is composed as a visual representation of the narrative. So there's pictures scattered throughout, and the line spacing and stuff changes based on the narrator. It's really beautiful and I'm interested to see how it translates to the big screen--I've avoided the movie trailers until I could get through the book.
Reading this was like watching the water rise until the levee breaks. I could feel the emotion swelling the whole time I read it, but I also know the exact moment it all b ...more
Reading this was like watching the water rise until the levee breaks. I could feel the emotion swelling the whole time I read it, but I also know the exact moment it all b ...more
Found the characters of Oskar's grandparents and their storylines very annoying, but otherwise enjoyed this book!
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Book Club at school - Jan 11. Have a week to read this one. :)
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