![]() ![]() ![]() In the end, it always comes back to Clay, that lovely boy, as a neighbor calls him. ![]() Zusak pushes the parameters of YA in this gorgeously written novel: a character has scrap-metal eyes rain is like a ghost you could walk through. With heft and historical scope, Zusak creates a sensitively rendered tale of loss, grief, and guilt's manifestations." - Publishers Weekly Despite some excellent, lyrical prose this is a novel that would have greatly benefited from an unsparing edit." - Dean Muscat Furthermore, its fragmentary style (with chapters broken into small scenes that only last a few paragraphs) never allows you to fully settle into the story and will surely test many a reader's patience. While Bridge of Clay possesses a compelling, breezy narrative voice that immediately draws you in, this tale of five Australian brothers reconnecting with their estranged father is too often meandering and sluggish. "Markus Zusak's first novel since his best-selling The Book Thief, left me feeling exasperated and at times utterly bored. ![]()
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