book #1 of 2012: everything is illuminated by jonathan safran-foer
it took me a little while to get into this book. i was a little disappointed at first, because i had just read and LOVED extremely loud and incredibly close. but, by the time i got to the end of this book, i again found myself fighting back tears on the subway. safran-foer’s writing style is so unique and so beautiful, that you can’t help but get involved with the lives and sorrows of his characters. this book, like extremely loud, is about searching for something that doesn’t exist and coping with that things non-existence. read this book, i guarantee you’ll enjoy it.
4 out of 5 stars.
next up: the age of innocence by edith wharton
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ohheyitsdk said:
Cried so, so ugly reading this on a family vacation that my sisters asked what I was reading solely to note to never read it and end up like me.
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shesagoodegg said:
Too many books to read but I really want to get to this one. Also I have heard his wife’s books are good.
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peoniesandcocktails said:
I felt the same way, I wanted it to MOVE ME the way that Extremely Loud did & it wasn’t quite on that level but still was so so so good. JSF is just amazing.
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tallgirltales said:
i have this on my kindle and had heard it was slow to get into…but your review has made me want to read it!
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