When I saw the preview for the movie, I knew I wanted to see it. I didn't know it was a book at the time, so it's sort of funny that I ended up reading the book before I saw the movie.
This book instantly grabs you because of the perspective. You're inside a nine year old's mind where proper punctuation is unnecessary. All of the dialog is withing the paragraphs, which bothered me at first, but I got used to it. Another reason the perspective on this is different is because, yes, Oskar is only nine, but he's extremely book smart for his age. He knows countless random facts. He's terribly blunt. This makes him a very peculiar person that is basically shunned by most of the kids his age. He was very close with his father, and their unique relationship is something very neat to read about. It wasn't the typical father- son relationship.
The way Oskar interacts with people is also very interesting. He knows what people want to hear but at the same time he can be rather tactless. He comes in contact with many new acquaintances throughout the course of the novel and it is interesting to read their conversations.
There are two more perspectives in this book, and I'm not going to tell you much about those because I don't want to give to much away. I will say that one of them is from a man who no longer speaks, so it's also neat to read about him communicating with the world.
The trailer to the movie is here. I have yet to see it, but I think it will be every but as good as the book. Now I want to get my hands on Jonathan Safran Foer's other book Everything Is Illuminated. When I finally see the film, I will review that, of course. Until next time...
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