This remarkably quirky book about a family who thrives on their own despair, it seems, comedy comes out of the oddest crime family ever. This book starts with the life of the boy known as Jasper dean, nephew of the long dead crime lord Terry dean, and son of a philosophical grumpy man who happens to be terry deans brother.
The whole book (not a spoiler as it tells you on the BLURB ( or back cover... :) ) ) is based around the death of Jaspers Father as he tries to become someone in life. he is cynical and all together not a good person who really does love his son.
the themes in this book are somewhat unclear until towards the end, but all I will say is that they have to do with trust (even if it isn't smart) and finding yourself (at least before you kick the bucket, so to speak.)
though terry's death seems signignificant, as does mairtains and... well, they aren't really . except the last one. Which I didn't say... so, all and all this is a wonderful, very heart wrenchingly funny book.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Swamplandia!
Swamplandia is a story mainly focused on the story of two children on their way to becoming adults, a coming of age story (rather cliche I know) but this story, if anything, is nothing but cliche. It is heart wrenching, and witty, cold and happy, with a twist of disturbing proportions to top it off.
it focuses on two of the three Bigtree children, running an alligator theme park on an island away from the mainland, away from the world of darkness as it is more commonly known. As Ava, one of the main characters, copes with a sister who can see ghosts (or thinks so) an the other main character, her brother, who has run away to get money for the family, all with a mysterious ( and alarming ) character known as the bird man twisting in and out of the text.
Through the families twists and turns, secrets are exposed
Secrets
are
dangerous
Secrets
That should never be told
but it leaves us to wonder, what would happen if there were no secrets at all - would we be content, no, everyone needs, a little privacy now and again, the question remains, how much is too much?
it focuses on two of the three Bigtree children, running an alligator theme park on an island away from the mainland, away from the world of darkness as it is more commonly known. As Ava, one of the main characters, copes with a sister who can see ghosts (or thinks so) an the other main character, her brother, who has run away to get money for the family, all with a mysterious ( and alarming ) character known as the bird man twisting in and out of the text.
Through the families twists and turns, secrets are exposed
Secrets
are
dangerous
Secrets
That should never be told
but it leaves us to wonder, what would happen if there were no secrets at all - would we be content, no, everyone needs, a little privacy now and again, the question remains, how much is too much?
Thursday, March 10, 2011
A book that made me laugh, and quite literally, cry.
The Book theif
Liesel Memenger's Journy during world war II, and her experiences, from being taunted by her best friend Rudy for a kiss, who both loved eachother, to hiding a fugitive Jewish Citizen from the concentration camps, her story, told trough death, a tired entity, with no more awareness then us, just a job he detests, as even death is touched by this young girls struggle.
His style (Markus Zuzack) was not unlike that of shakespere
who reveals the ending of his plays.
Leisel lives on to witness the death of rudy, kissing him, praying, for him to wake, he never does. She steals books forknowledge, and money from her kind foster family to mail letters to her mother which will never be recieved, through the bombing love hate and fear, The character development, description, the story. Through each reading I cry more and more, laugh more and more and I know these characters exist outside of the confines which so many others are kept, and together, Liesel walks with death as an equal, I miss them
Already...
Liesel Memenger's Journy during world war II, and her experiences, from being taunted by her best friend Rudy for a kiss, who both loved eachother, to hiding a fugitive Jewish Citizen from the concentration camps, her story, told trough death, a tired entity, with no more awareness then us, just a job he detests, as even death is touched by this young girls struggle.
His style (Markus Zuzack) was not unlike that of shakespere
who reveals the ending of his plays.
Leisel lives on to witness the death of rudy, kissing him, praying, for him to wake, he never does. She steals books forknowledge, and money from her kind foster family to mail letters to her mother which will never be recieved, through the bombing love hate and fear, The character development, description, the story. Through each reading I cry more and more, laugh more and more and I know these characters exist outside of the confines which so many others are kept, and together, Liesel walks with death as an equal, I miss them
Already...
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