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A review by georgiesutton
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? No
1.5
I finished this book but through gritted teeth. Whilst I cared for the main storyline and was moved at certain parts, I cannot ignore that this book was incredibly hard to read.
Although it was intentionally unclear who the narrators were of the multiple perspectives it was very confusing and I did not care for the characters. I was intrigued but then too little information was given and the perspectives were seemingly unrelated and also formatted in a way that made following the narrative difficult.
The lack of paragraphs was the major detail that ruined this book for me (and even then this was inconsistent). Again, I know it is a style but it was just horrible to read and so I didn’t read large chunks of text because it was just too hard.
I wanted to like this book but it was unpleasant to read so I can not recommend it despite the story itself being nice. Maybe try an audio book version.
Although it was intentionally unclear who the narrators were of the multiple perspectives it was very confusing and I did not care for the characters. I was intrigued but then too little information was given and the perspectives were seemingly unrelated and also formatted in a way that made following the narrative difficult.
The lack of paragraphs was the major detail that ruined this book for me (and even then this was inconsistent). Again, I know it is a style but it was just horrible to read and so I didn’t read large chunks of text because it was just too hard.
I wanted to like this book but it was unpleasant to read so I can not recommend it despite the story itself being nice. Maybe try an audio book version.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Grief
Moderate: Self harm and Suicide