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I'm always a sucker for any book that includes a beloved dog as a primary character, so I was fated to enjoy this novel (how could you not love The Doorman, smell and all?). It works far better once you understand that it was written for young adults and it is clever and sweet without ever being cloying. You could proudly offer it to most young teenage boys, and I can't imagine that is often the case in many books that can simutaneously be described as "sweet". Ed Kennedy is a character to fall
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Markus Zusak is a great writer. When I first finished this book, I would have only given it three stars--I loved it until I got to the ending, which was totally disappointing and confusing. (I am not a deep reader and hate trying to figure stuff out.) Then I read about the book on Wikipedia and suddenly the ending was clear and made great sense. As I thought more about it, the more interesting and clever the book became, so now I am giving it five stars. The main character in this book, Ed, is a
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I started off really enjoying this one, but by the middle the overly florid writing started to wear on me. A beautiful turn of phrase can elevate a book, but this started to feel contrived and it just kept taking me out of the story to roll my eyes. "her voice steps politely from her mouth", "we talk among the night that has dripped upon us with silence" "there are hot tears cooking on his face and his eyes bite"... etc etc etc. I've learned that I like my prose to be pretty straightforward so t
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The ending really makes you think about your purpose in life and in the life of others.
Aug 26, 2008
Joanie
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