Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close in Busy as a Bee Books

Mar 21, 2009 Lisa Hickman rated it really liked it

Shelves: library-books, busy-as-a-bee-books, literary-fiction, bookmarks-2005

I thought this was an incredibly quirky and imaginative book. The main character, Oskar Schell, is a precocious 9 yr old by trying to deal with the death of his father in the 9/11 tragedy. Oskar's attempt to make sense of his fathers death, his struggle to keep his memory alive, his guilt over not taking his father's last phone call and his fear seem very real.

I especially liked how Oskar constantly invented things. When he couldn't sleep, his mind operated in overdrive. His inventions helped h ...more

Like · see review

Aug 09, 2008 Stephanie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: great-reads, vacation-reading-recommendations

This book was extremely entertaining and incredibly heartwarming. Oscar is now one of my favorite narrators EVER in a novel...he is delightfully precocious, quirky, and simply trying to deal with losing his father during the attacks on New York on September 11th. This is a topic that many have attempted, but I think this is the best book I have read about 9/11.

I STRONGLY recommend listening to this on audiobook because the recording using several narrators. The man who does Oscar is awesome -yo ...more

Like · see review

Jan 27, 2012 Alison rated it it was amazing

Great narrator and compelling story about a family fractured by tragedy, doing things for the ones they love. Great book.

Like · see review

Dec 30, 2011 Carly Svamvour marked it as to-read

Marion at Book Nook (see chat thread) mentioned it. Ordered it from the net library.

Like · see review

Mar 18, 2012 Adonica rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: karli-s-recommendations

Very sweet story...I don't know how the reader could not fall in love with Oskar immediately. I found the chapters about Grandpa to be a bit confusing, but I think that was the intent...great book! ...more

Like · see review