Helpful Score: 4
This book really is hard for me to rate. It kept me interested throughout. Some parts had lovely prose and word pictures that will stay with me forever. I was really pulling for Edgar. My grandparents were deaf and I wanted the mute kid to come out the winner. I loved reading about the dogs. I hated the ending! What was the point of it all? I wanted to throw the large hardback book across the room when I finished it because I was so frustrated, but I was afraid I'd dent the wall, so I calmly put it down instead.
I didn't mind that the point of view and voice of the story cycled through the characters every chapter, or the appearance of ghosts and spirits once in awhile. That made some kind of strange sense to me. What I come back to minding the most was the futility of the whole story. As I was reading this book I thought for sure I'd be giving it a high 4 star rating. Immediately after finishing it last night I wanted to give it 1 star. I settle on 3 stars now because I know it is a story that I will remember for a LONG time. I just can't decide if I'll remember it fondly or with frustration. Only time will tell.
I didn't mind that the point of view and voice of the story cycled through the characters every chapter, or the appearance of ghosts and spirits once in awhile. That made some kind of strange sense to me. What I come back to minding the most was the futility of the whole story. As I was reading this book I thought for sure I'd be giving it a high 4 star rating. Immediately after finishing it last night I wanted to give it 1 star. I settle on 3 stars now because I know it is a story that I will remember for a LONG time. I just can't decide if I'll remember it fondly or with frustration. Only time will tell.
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