copyright date: 2005 primarily marketed for: adults Extremely Loud andIncredibly Close is the grown-up book that made me fall in love with grown-up books again. Or, at least made me open to reading them after years of sticking solely to young adult literature (aka Good Literature). This book arrived on my doorstep as a surprise gift from a friend I’ve known since second grade, which made it that much sweeter. I can’t decide whether to be excited or disappointed that this book is being turned into a movie now. Everyone needs to know this story- it is incredible! I just can’t imagine the movie possibly doing the depth and layers and format of the story justice. One of my favorite qualities of the book is the way pages of images are smattered throughout the story. The images are jarring the way that they interrupt the story, and yet they are perfect in the way that they enhance the story—deepen my thinking as a reader. ...
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