I didn't connect with or just didn't get this book. There was a lot of unfamiliar name-dropping and I felt like allusions or something were just going right over my head. It may be great, but evidently not for me.
The novel is incredibly well researched and the prose is superb. That being said, the plot is a bit meandering. Plus, I had trouble being emotionally engaged with any of the characters. So what could have been a great or fantastic book is merely quite good.
This is a tour de force novel about comic books and about the Holocaust. About unrequited love and the inherent burden of survival when so many people haven’t. Joe Kavalier and Sam Klayman are cousins who would find themselves in multiple fronts of history: from the beginnings of Hitler’s advance in...
This was an amazing book that I didn't want to end. The ending was interesting, and kind of open-ended, which I liked. I felt like the relationship between Sammy and Joe was lacking in the middle of the book, but that was mostly because it isn't mentioned. But just because it's not mentioned doe...
This was an amazing book that I didn't want to end. The ending was interesting, and kind of open-ended, which I liked. I felt like the relationship between Sammy and Joe was lacking in the middle of the book, but that was mostly because it isn't mentioned. But just because it's not mentioned doe...
I don't even want to give it stars. Could be one of those books I picked up at the wrong time. I've read and enjoyed Chabon and this doesn't seem to stray from his style or quality. It just became a chore after the first couple dozen pages.I am a failure.
There is a New Yorker cartoon that I especially like. A man is shown tied to a chair in an empty room. A woman is pouring gasoline on the floor with the apparent goal of lighting it and setting the room and the man on fire. She is saying, "Look! It's me, not you! OK?"That is how I feel when I read M...
This is my absolute favorite book EVER...there is not much I can say other that it truly is AMAZING, it's about boys, love, growing up, friendship, war, bigotry, revenge, anger, hatred, redemption, comic books, courage...all of that really...but mostly about love and passion in all kinds ways.Michae...
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