Ok, so I didn't finish. Recently I have pushed through with books I haven't been enjoying, as I feel that they can develop and improve as the story goes on. I just couldn't do it with this one though. I have looked up how the story ends and honestly I don't think that I'm missing out. I like the con...
What the heck is it all about? Er... well... life? One thing I love about Safran Foer's writing is that you can't pigeon hole it into a genre, its both funny and heartbreaking, about life and death, love and sadness. Every side of the coin is metaphorically flipped! The very best bits: The correspon...
A really great novel- funny, moving, ridiculous and heartbreaking. I love the way the stories are woven together and how the characters, especially Alex who is an amazing creation, become more complex as the story moves along. A different experience than the film, one filled with more moral ambiguit...
This is a bit difficult to read, but sooner or later, the quirky English will amuse you, and as the story goes deeper, it will hook you in. There are many beautiful lines scattered all throughout this magic realist novel, but the ending felt rushed; it was as if the author realizes he is about to en...
The movie was better than the book. I have read books that are similar to Everything is Illuminated, but have done it better. He hints at magical realism, yet never, ever truly gets there, when he could have crafted some wonder tales of mysticism and superstition. The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obrecht is ...
So, my husband (who spends quite a bit of time painting) and I have lots of conversations about the irony involved in the fact that lots of what is considered "art" is really just shock value. We've giggled over the formaldehyded sharks exhibited in tanks as "art"; we've commented on sculptures mad...
This book was a bit like a rollercoaster for me. It started up boring, then it got really interesting and I read about a hundred pages really fast and with keen passion, and then it got bad again. I don't know if that's how it was meant to be or it was just me that felt this way, but it was a bit we...
a fantastic read the imagination and unique mode of storytelling that Foer displayed in this book makes me long for more. i must admit that it was a slow and confusing startbutabout quater way through this story became humourous, compelling, tragic and transformative. i think everyone should give th...
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