https://iwilldare.com/2008/04/bookclub-bitches-11-i-am-the-messenger-and-the-message-is-i-suck-at-endings/ A little bit of heaven & A whole lot of hell Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:14:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://iwilldare.com/2008/04/bookclub-bitches-11-i-am-the-messenger-and-the-message-is-i-suck-at-endings/#comment-21485 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:14:37 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=7037#comment-21485 When I finished I am the Messenger, I assumed from the picture on the back cover and the description provided that the guy who had been sending Ed all the messages was the author (Markus Zusak.) I mean, he has this folder of character-sketch information on Ed, he toys with different ideas for Ed’s “messages,” and as he leaves Ed’s shack, he scribbles something into his notebook. That’s all stereotypical writer actions.
I thought that although the overall ending was about as cheep as 99 cent cherry red lipstick layered on too thick(“I organized the bank robbery and got that man to rape his wife” please, like any man would agree to going to jail for some useless taxi driver or risk dying or assault charges for the same loser) the message behind it was good. If some story is telling you that people who are the “epitome of ordinariness” can do amazing things, you should help your fellow humans, and make something of your life, how bad can it be?

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