The Hundred Year
Old Man Who Climbed Out Of A Window And Disappeared
by Jonas Jonasson
Weird, yes, that's probably the best
description for this book.
Funny too, and I am now completely confused
about world historical events.
It certainly wasn't boring in respect that there
was always something going on.
However, I'm still not sure if I loved it or
not. I'm a bit ambivalent about it really.
It was average on the writing front and whilst
the story itself was fun, it was a bit like a fairy tale in a way, which
isn't a always a bad thing but for some reason the fact that Allan seemed to
have lived this blessed life really started to grate on me after a while.
I would recommend it if you like light, funny books and it's the perfect book for travelling.
I had to read this book
after reading the reviews, so I picked a copy up from my library and sat down
on a Saturday afternoon with it.
I was engrossed
from the start and unless I'd read it previously in the reviews, I
would never have noticed there were no chapters, in fact I would have stayed up
all night reading if my eyes hadn't starting blurring over.
I love Harry and I felt
sorry for him too. It really annoyed that the writer kept making all
these bad things happen to him. It did start to irritate me a little by the
middle of the book but nowhere near enough to stop reading.
There were some great
little moments in the book that had me giggling out loud, much to my husband's
annoyance, he just didn't get it and got sick of me quoting my favourite lines
to him after a while.
I wanted to slap
Claire's lawyer, kill George and I wished Nixon never existed as I
got thoroughly sick of hearing about him. Politics can be so boring!
I thoroughly enjoyed joining Harry on his journey and only wish the book was longer as I didn't want it to end.
Please, please read this book-it's brilliant!
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