Lori M. (lormac) reviewed on + 120 more book reviews
Currently listening to it on CD in the car. They use different readers for the different voices, and the effect is very moving. I am finding excuses to drive places just to listen...Done now: listening to the book was great: loved Jack's voice. The kid who did it was amazing.
I thought the book was wonderful. The ending was perfection. I had a little problem with the mother (and to a lesser degree, the grandmother). Some of her reactions to Jack's behavior/questions/statements were troubling, but then I suppose the author did not want her to be too perfect. The "pre-great escape" chapter was the weakest point in the plot - I could not believe that Ma would ever think that such a scheme would actually work, and it seemed that the whole plan would put Jack into so much danger.
SPOILERISH ALERT: Did anyone wonder why Ma did not try to figure out the door code? If you had all the time in the world, wouldn't you develope a system for trying different combinations?
I thought the book was wonderful. The ending was perfection. I had a little problem with the mother (and to a lesser degree, the grandmother). Some of her reactions to Jack's behavior/questions/statements were troubling, but then I suppose the author did not want her to be too perfect. The "pre-great escape" chapter was the weakest point in the plot - I could not believe that Ma would ever think that such a scheme would actually work, and it seemed that the whole plan would put Jack into so much danger.
SPOILERISH ALERT: Did anyone wonder why Ma did not try to figure out the door code? If you had all the time in the world, wouldn't you develope a system for trying different combinations?
