extremely loud and incredibly close read

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Shortlist (2007)Įxtremely Loud and Incredibly Close is the story of Oskar, a young boy whose father died in the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center.ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound (Literature & Language Arts, 2009).New York Public Library’s “Books to Remember” list.

New York Times Bestseller (Fiction, 2005).

Buy this book Summary of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close And if the retail value of your order is at least $2,500, you'll save 35% on all your paperbacks. If the retail value of your order is at least $500, you'll save 30%. But I just couldn’t.You'll always save at least 25% on any paperback you order. Even on CD, it was a pretty straight-forward plot (even if you didn’t know exactly what was going to happen, it wasn’t tricky).Įxtremely Loud and Incredibly Close is a book I wanted to like. A lot of reviewers on amazon mentioned they found the book confusing, but I didn’t find it that way.

But then there would be pages and pages that just felt so pointless, that dragged on, that had no redeeming qualities. One thing that made listening to the Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close audiobook difficult for me was how uneven it was – parts of it really were hysterically funny or unbelievably moving. Their stories were far less interesting to me and, even though I often found Oskar annoying, I was always relieved when the story returned to him. The envelope has the word “Black” on it and, through a series of investigations, Oskar decides that “Black” must be a last name and so he embarks on a journey to visit every Black in New York City to see if they know about the key.Īt the same time, we hear narration from Oskar’s grandfather who is mute (and also abandoned his wife and unborn son (Oskar’s dad) decades earlier) and Oskar’s grandmother. A while after his death, Oskar accidentally breaks a vase in his dad’s closet and finds, in the vase, an envelope with a key. His dad, whom he adores, died in the World Trade Center in 9/11. The book is about Oskar Schell, a nine-year-old kid with too many brain cells for his own good. Whenever I listen to a book on CD I wonder if I would have liked it more or less if I’d read a print version. But I did count down every CD I put in (only three more CDs to go! only one more! Only two more tracks! Done!) and that’s not exactly a good sign. And, because of their reviews, it’s harder for me to say that I didn’t really care for this book.īut there it is. I listened to the Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close audiobook after reading very positive reviews of it by Kristy and Bethany.

Extremely loud and incredibly close read