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Loved this book. A reflection on the year following 9/11, as lived and felt by three young people in NYC. It brought back many memories for me, and also made me think of my Brooklynite husband with every page. It made me want him to read it, so we can talk more about how he felt, and who he connected with, how life changed. It made me want to hand it to my almost 14-year-old, and ask her to read it. I was a few months pregnant with her on that day when I stood in the break room at McDonald's, wr
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An interesting take on 9/11 and the lives that it touched, but overall easy to put down. It was good that it wasn't all that long.
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A fiction book dealing with 9/11 that was pretty much spot on. I remember the day well being close to NY. The first 3/4 of the book was very good, but the last couple of chapters seemed to dwell on the relationship between Peter and Jasper more than on 9/11. Was a quick read.
Maybe David Levithan just isn't for me? Because I expected to have ALL THE FEELINGS when reading about 9/11 and it's aftermath...but this felt dry, detached, and unmoving.
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It does a great job conveying a fraction of what it was like on 9/11, and I'm very glad to have read it. I did want more from it though.
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Jan 15, 2014
Robbi C
marked it as to-read
Feb 08, 2016
Justine
marked it as to-read
