The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared: Chapters 8-14 (Contains Spoilers)

[Jodi]

This is the discussion thread for The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared Chapters 8-14.

[Ariel]

I thought is was kind of ironic that the group just read Water for Elephants and now we get to meet Sonya, The Beauty's charge.

Other than that the main part I keep coming back to is the penchant for Sweden's fictitious gangs to sew their names onto their jackets. "The Violins" debacle cracked me up. I need a West Side Story-esque number between the past Violins and the current Never Agains. Snap Snap Snap.

[✿ Alicia ✿]

Ariel (mot_avant) wrote: I need a West Side Story-esque number between the past Violins and the current Never Agains. Snap Snap Snap.

Ariel, your comment has made my day.

Also, the irony of two back-to-back novels with murderous elephants was not lost on me.

[Ariel]

✿ Alicia ✿ wrote: "Ariel, your comment has made my day.

Also, the irony of two back-to-back novels with murderous elephants was not lost on me. "

Lol, this book has made me feel quite silly - so I'm very glad to hear that.

[Cynthia]

I thought the same about Sonya!

I find the part of young Allan quite long but they're quite funny to read :)

[JoJo]

I'm not getting into it as much as I thought I would, but I'm still getting a chuckle. I also cracked up laughing with the "The Violins" bit. Very funny.

I'm enjoying reading about old Allan rather than young Allen, bit still good.

[Myles]

The whole thing is hilarious, in a very dry way.

Young or old, he really doesn't care about much about anything, other than is next meal, and an occasional drink of vodka. Throughout the whole book he keeps stumbling his way (much like forest gump) through world history leaving his stamp on the ay.

[Cassandra]

The book is funny and surprising, and I never know what's going to happen.

I'm with Joanne, though, I'm not getting sucked in the way I thought I would. It's almost difficult to keep myself focused. I think it's the style. I'm not opposed to books without quotation marks (I loved Angela's Ashes), but there's something about the style that drags for me.

[Jessica]

I agree with you that I am having trouble getting into this book. Parts of it are funny but the young Allan sections are very long and dry. The older Allan parts are entertaining though.

[Jenn]

This section really started to remind me of Forest Gump. Allan just seems to stumble his way through major moments in history. I see other Goodreads reviewers have made this comparison too. As with others, I find myself less drawn in than I would like, but overall, I'm enjoying this light read.