Extremely Enjoyable and Incredibly Healing

Book Review-
My bro. Monti gave this to me for Christmas and had recently read it and enjoyed. I finished this last weekend and have been meaning to tell you all how wonderful of a read this is. It is written from the perspective of a 9 year old boy who lost his father in the 9/11 tragedy. Oskar Schell is far beyond his years of maturity and is on a healing journey. The highly intelligent 9 year old is drowning with wit, imagination and sadly, pain. I did not realize how moving and healing this story was until the very last chapter when more information is divulged. Oskar travels all over New York's boroughs by himself for 6 mos. until he befriends an elderly neighbor. Then they venture for another 2 mos together as comrades. He meets many unique and important individuals along his way. They bring hope to his life (and humanity) and his journey. There are 3 sides journeys that include the mother and grandparents that make the book just phenomenal. My favorite sections of this book are with his therapist and his role as Yorick in Hamlet. His words during these conversation are completely inappropriate, and hilarious might I add, but then the words written continue to display that they are merely thoughts and not actually what he has said. It is a light laugh in the intensity of the book.
If you don't want to buy it use your local library.