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A review by markhoh
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
5.0
What a wild ride this entire book is! An amazing mix of fact and fantasy all rolled up into a story that had me totally enthralled and so absorbed in and connected to all of the characters. Growing up in Brisbane I loved relating to the suburban descriptions and reading about the places that I am so familiar with. Trent Dalton has morphed himself into Eli Bell in so many ways and I think what a fantastic way of telling and understanding one's own life story.
'Do your time.. before it does you', 'Your end is a dead blue wren' - these words are going to stay with me. Loved this one and totally recommend. My only criticism would be that aspects of the book that were clearly fictional didn't necessarily fit for me within the overall book. I loved the entire book but the ending for me was a bit more of a thriller that I perhaps hadn't expected nor anticipated. Perhaps that's a good thing. Mind you, the last few chapters were absolute page turners for me though.
'Do your time.. before it does you', 'Your end is a dead blue wren' - these words are going to stay with me. Loved this one and totally recommend. My only criticism would be that aspects of the book that were clearly fictional didn't necessarily fit for me within the overall book. I loved the entire book but the ending for me was a bit more of a thriller that I perhaps hadn't expected nor anticipated. Perhaps that's a good thing. Mind you, the last few chapters were absolute page turners for me though.