Review by noerlund - Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

noerlund 's review for:

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

3.0

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Don’t know about this rating. Some parts of the book I really liked - some parts I really didn’t. I did like Oscars character and point of view - especially his friendship with Mr Black. But part of the ending

(digging up his father’s grave)

kind of ruined it a bit for me. Why was that bit necessary? However I did like that the story didn’t have a typical happy ending,

and that there wasn’t a deeper meaning behind the key

The other POVs (Oscar’s grandfather and grandmother) really didn’t do anything for me. I just found it boring and kind of annoying; why was we supposed to feel so sad for his grandfather;

yes, Anna died, but seriously - he just decided to stop talking and ran away from his family and unborn son?

Overall not a completely bad read, but far from a five star read too.

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