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A review by mbdlopez
Here I Am by Jonathan Safran Foer
4.0
“Nothing could matter more. Without context, we’d all be monsters.”
This was a really great book, though not for what I usually think about great books. It was the little things in this book that made it amazing! Just the small details about the family and all of their quirks. I felt like I was looking into each of their live as if they’d written a personal journal I’d somehow gotten a hold of. It is a long book (600 pages) with depths that span beyond what you need to know about the characters, but what you definitely are wanting more of by the end.
Let me start off by saying, one of Jonathan Safran Foer’s other novels ‘Everything is Illuminated’ is my favorite novels. So when I saw this book come out I was eager to pick it up. ‘Here I Am’ is a look into a modern Jewish family’s life. The novel starts off with a small story of one of their kids about to be barred from having his bar mitzvah because he was writing some horrific words in school. From there the story just follows the family over the years. It is epic in the most ordinary sense of the word, and I mean that in the best possible way. It is one of the most highlighted books on just the small details, showing Jonathan’s way of weaving a story with his in-depth knowledge of his characters and the intricate way he can craft sentences doesn’t disappoint!
I can pretty much say without hesitation, that I don’t think a general audience would enjoy this book, but for those who do, I think they will really enjoy it! If you are a fan of the book description and my take of what were some of the best parts of the novel, I’d say give it a shot!
This was a really great book, though not for what I usually think about great books. It was the little things in this book that made it amazing! Just the small details about the family and all of their quirks. I felt like I was looking into each of their live as if they’d written a personal journal I’d somehow gotten a hold of. It is a long book (600 pages) with depths that span beyond what you need to know about the characters, but what you definitely are wanting more of by the end.
Let me start off by saying, one of Jonathan Safran Foer’s other novels ‘Everything is Illuminated’ is my favorite novels. So when I saw this book come out I was eager to pick it up. ‘Here I Am’ is a look into a modern Jewish family’s life. The novel starts off with a small story of one of their kids about to be barred from having his bar mitzvah because he was writing some horrific words in school. From there the story just follows the family over the years. It is epic in the most ordinary sense of the word, and I mean that in the best possible way. It is one of the most highlighted books on just the small details, showing Jonathan’s way of weaving a story with his in-depth knowledge of his characters and the intricate way he can craft sentences doesn’t disappoint!
I can pretty much say without hesitation, that I don’t think a general audience would enjoy this book, but for those who do, I think they will really enjoy it! If you are a fan of the book description and my take of what were some of the best parts of the novel, I’d say give it a shot!