Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

I don't know why the average for this book is less than 4. This is a spectacular novel about a young boy (Oskar, 9) trying to find meaning in his father's senseless death on 9/11.

Maybe it was structure people took issue with. I found the timeline jumps hard at the beginning but only because I wasn't paying enough attention to the chapter titles which clearly told me the timing. The dialogue presented as prose might have thrown some off too.

Oskar is such a charmer. His internal dialogue captivating, but his external dialogue was even more delightful. A no-nonsense approach to the world (Asperger's maybe?) made the conversation believable.