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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
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Kevin Rummel
Jan 26, 2012 rated it liked it
I can appreciate JSF's unique writing style to an extent.
The problem is that the lack of punctuation, paragraphing, and repitition creates a sense of rushed speech. I feel out of breath even reading it quietly.
I also found mamy of the pictures, word layouts, and spacing to be more of a distraction. I didn't feel it added much to the story other than a few of the pictures which provided some visual representation of the storyline.

I appreciated the story, the relationships, the character developm
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Carolyn
Apr 27, 2012 marked it as z_gave-up-on
apparently my enjoyment of Everything is Illuminated was a once off. I've tried to read a couple other of his books and haven't gotten far. ...more
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