I Am the Messenger in Around the World in 80 Books

Sep 02, 2020 Rachel N. rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult, coming-of-age, australia, read-in-2020, pbt-vote-challenge

Ed Kennedy is a cabdriver who spends most of his time playing cards with his friends. After Ed manages to stop a bank robber he begins receiving cards in the mail. Each card leads him to a person with a situation he needs to solve. I liked the main theme that even small acts can have a big impact and you don't have to be someone special to do good deeds. I loved Ed's dog, The Doorman. Ed's love for Audrey wasn't as well developed to me. I never really got why he was so interested in her. The end ...more

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May 02, 2009 Sunflower rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction-read-2009

"Ed Kennedy. Taxi driver. Local loser. Cornerstone of mediocrity. Sexual midget. Pathetic card player. Weird-shit magnet." Via the delivery of a series of playing cards Ed is given challenges and finds that in caring for other people and finally himself, he discovers he can move beyond his self-defined limits.
The bits I liked best were his interactions with his dog, who smells terrible, drinks coffee, communicates in hilarious one-liners with his owner, and is described as a sage at the end of ...more

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Jun 11, 2010 Stephanie rated it it was amazing

I LOVED this book. IT was cleverly written and had a poignant message to be more than ordinary in helping those around you, and to stop floating through life. Zusak is a great writing and the flow of the book is fast and gripping.

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