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Mr. Summer's Story was a very refreshing read. I picked it out from a shelf in the library because it was skinny, short, and plain, and I read it because I discovered it had pictures. I grabbed my attention by being inconspicuous, and I wonder if this reverse psychology was intentional.
Anyways, the story of Mr. Summer is heart breaking and simple, and it is one of the rare books tat I would read again, and I am planning on buying it. I have also developed an interest in the author, and am half-way through his novel Perfume, and have The Pigeon sitting on my night stand, waiting to be read. So far his work is consistently excellent.
There were two problems with the book that bug me. The first is the illustrations. It is kind of funny that he thing that drew me into the novel in the first place ended up seeming a little distasteful to me. It's not that they're bad drawings, I just(knowing the ending) don't find their light-hearted exaggerative essence appropriate. Also, at the beginning of the book, the main character explains how he develops a bump on his head from falling off a tree, and that it hurts wen the weather is going to change. Then half-way through the book, he says how he is so glad that the weather turned out nice, for he hadn't even considered an alternative to his plans for the day if the weather would have been bad. But of course he would have known if the weather would have been bad by his bump. So this seems like a bad oversight.
Anyways, the story of Mr. Summer is heart breaking and simple, and it is one of the rare books tat I would read again, and I am planning on buying it. I have also developed an interest in the author, and am half-way through his novel Perfume, and have The Pigeon sitting on my night stand, waiting to be read. So far his work is consistently excellent.
There were two problems with the book that bug me. The first is the illustrations. It is kind of funny that he thing that drew me into the novel in the first place ended up seeming a little distasteful to me. It's not that they're bad drawings, I just(knowing the ending) don't find their light-hearted exaggerative essence appropriate. Also, at the beginning of the book, the main character explains how he develops a bump on his head from falling off a tree, and that it hurts wen the weather is going to change. Then half-way through the book, he says how he is so glad that the weather turned out nice, for he hadn't even considered an alternative to his plans for the day if the weather would have been bad. But of course he would have known if the weather would have been bad by his bump. So this seems like a bad oversight.