![]() ![]() I cried more than I can remember crying at a book since I read Elie Weisel’s Dawn/Day/Night trilogy last summer, and then I cried a LOT. ![]() Visually, prose-wise, theme-wise… utterly, utterly beautiful. Even if you’ve seen the film (which I haven’t yet!) read the book, because it is BEAUTIFUL. ![]() This seemingly impossible task will bring Oskar into contact with survivors of all sorts on an exhilarating, affecting, often hilarious, and ultimately healing journey.Īlthough not a new book, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is on both my Goodreads 2013 Challenge List and my Wishlist Challenge 2013, as well as featuring in my vague list of titles to read for the BoutOfBooks Challenge, so I figured this qualified it for a review! In addition, this happens to be one of the best books I’ve ever read in my whole life, and I want to use this blog to recommend it to every single person who hasn’t already picked it up. His goal is to find the lock that matches a mysterious key that belonged to his father, who died in the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11. Nine-year-old Oskar Schell has embarked on an urgent, secret mission that will take him through the five boroughs of New York. ![]()
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