Title: The Messenger
Author: Markus Zusak
Published: 2002 by Pan Macmillan
Blurb:
Review:
Ed Kennedy is your typical good-for-nothing guy. He drives cabs to earn money and plays cards with his friends. The girl he likes just wants to be friends. Other than his three best friends, and his dog, he virtually has no one else.
Everything changes when he somehow stops a robbery by chasing after the robber. Not long after, he receives an Ace in the mail. It gives him three people who he needs to help.
As Ed drives around town, helping people in need, slowly he starts to become someone more. Someone more than useless Ed.
For starters, I enjoyed The Messenger more than The Book Thief. The way Markus Zusak wrote The Book Thief was slightly devoid of emotion. I could feel something inside of me, but the feeling could not be surfaced. In the Messenger, I could feel all the warm emotions.
The book was written in a heartfelt manner. It was so heartwarming. Every time Ed helped someone, I just thought 'that is so kind of him- so simply nice'. It inspired me to want to become a kinder person.
Sometimes being kind is self-sacrificial. This book shows just that. How much would you really take out, just so you could help make someone else' slide better? The degree Ed goes to help these people is really touching. Ed used up his time, hurt others, even got himself beaten up, for the sake of others.
"There is blood in my hands and blood at the bottom of the street. I hope for a moment that they both understand what they're doing and what they're proving." (190)
The setting was shown well. Not only could I see what it looked like, but I also saw more. Through Ed's emotions and connections to the setting, I saw what the setting seemed like in his eyes.
I liked the four main characters. All had their distinct personalities, their dreams and inner conflicts. Near the end, when Ed is instructed to help his best friends by the Ace, it really draws attention to their inner problems.
The Messenger was heartwarming and entertaining. To me, the message it conveys really stands out.
"If a guy like you can stand up and do what you did, then maybe everyone can. Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of." (386)
Author: Markus Zusak
Published: 2002 by Pan Macmillan
Blurb:
Meet Ed Kennedy - underage cab driver, pathetic card palyer, and useless at romance. He lives in a shack, and he's hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence, until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. That's when the first Ace arrives...That's when Ed becomes the messenger.
Chosen to care, he makes his way through town helping and hurting (when necessary), until only one question remains. Who's behind Ed's mission?
Review:
Ed Kennedy is your typical good-for-nothing guy. He drives cabs to earn money and plays cards with his friends. The girl he likes just wants to be friends. Other than his three best friends, and his dog, he virtually has no one else.
Everything changes when he somehow stops a robbery by chasing after the robber. Not long after, he receives an Ace in the mail. It gives him three people who he needs to help.
As Ed drives around town, helping people in need, slowly he starts to become someone more. Someone more than useless Ed.
For starters, I enjoyed The Messenger more than The Book Thief. The way Markus Zusak wrote The Book Thief was slightly devoid of emotion. I could feel something inside of me, but the feeling could not be surfaced. In the Messenger, I could feel all the warm emotions.
The book was written in a heartfelt manner. It was so heartwarming. Every time Ed helped someone, I just thought 'that is so kind of him- so simply nice'. It inspired me to want to become a kinder person.
Sometimes being kind is self-sacrificial. This book shows just that. How much would you really take out, just so you could help make someone else' slide better? The degree Ed goes to help these people is really touching. Ed used up his time, hurt others, even got himself beaten up, for the sake of others.
"There is blood in my hands and blood at the bottom of the street. I hope for a moment that they both understand what they're doing and what they're proving." (190)
The setting was shown well. Not only could I see what it looked like, but I also saw more. Through Ed's emotions and connections to the setting, I saw what the setting seemed like in his eyes.
I liked the four main characters. All had their distinct personalities, their dreams and inner conflicts. Near the end, when Ed is instructed to help his best friends by the Ace, it really draws attention to their inner problems.
The Messenger was heartwarming and entertaining. To me, the message it conveys really stands out.
"If a guy like you can stand up and do what you did, then maybe everyone can. Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of." (386)
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