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A review by emmanovella
The Underdog by Markus Zusak
2.0
Maybe Zusak just isn't my writer.
I picked up this audiobook from my library after discovering it was barely three hours long and also after dnfing Zusak's newest release Bridge of Clay. This book was better than Bridge of Clay, in that it was logical and had some sense of direction, but the two brothers felt like they could have been ripped out of the Dunbar family in the new book. Perhaps they developed into those characters.
The narrator was dreadful and his voice for one of the brothers was just painful. I feel like this book is Zusak's style. It certainly feels similar to Bridge of Clay but in comparison to The Book Thief? I honestly feel like there are two Markus Zusak's and one is the beautiful writer and storyteller of The Book Thief and the other is this mediocre trash but nobody is stepping forward to differentiate. Honestly, it's ridiculous how there's not even a trace of a signature of his writing in TBT in this book or his new work.
Yes, I'm probably being too harsh but I am MAD af about bridge of clay and how much time I wasted and the amount of effort it took to read (I had THREE migraines in the five days or so I tried to push through it. That is not a sign of a book worth reading) and this book was supposed to rekindle my hope for his books but it looks like he's a one hit wonder for me. I'll perhaps give I Am The Messenger a try since people seem to enjoy that one too and I already own a copy, but after that I won't pick up anything else by him
I picked up this audiobook from my library after discovering it was barely three hours long and also after dnfing Zusak's newest release Bridge of Clay. This book was better than Bridge of Clay, in that it was logical and had some sense of direction, but the two brothers felt like they could have been ripped out of the Dunbar family in the new book. Perhaps they developed into those characters.
The narrator was dreadful and his voice for one of the brothers was just painful. I feel like this book is Zusak's style. It certainly feels similar to Bridge of Clay but in comparison to The Book Thief? I honestly feel like there are two Markus Zusak's and one is the beautiful writer and storyteller of The Book Thief and the other is this mediocre trash but nobody is stepping forward to differentiate. Honestly, it's ridiculous how there's not even a trace of a signature of his writing in TBT in this book or his new work.
Yes, I'm probably being too harsh but I am MAD af about bridge of clay and how much time I wasted and the amount of effort it took to read (I had THREE migraines in the five days or so I tried to push through it. That is not a sign of a book worth reading) and this book was supposed to rekindle my hope for his books but it looks like he's a one hit wonder for me. I'll perhaps give I Am The Messenger a try since people seem to enjoy that one too and I already own a copy, but after that I won't pick up anything else by him