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Instead of emerging from the plot’s pivotal events, the incredible poignancy of Extremely Loud derives from passing thoughts or quick exchanges that reveal the sadness, struggles, and strength of the novel’s characters. That Oskar would invent a birdseed shirt reads more touchingly than his sudden decision to dig up the coffin...
Foer can mix the trials of growing up with the poignancy of grief because his novel is not a memorial to Sept. 11 in the same way that much of the artwork and writing on it up to now has been. Extremely Loud is not a supplement to the famous photograph of a firefighter who holds a flag amidst the rubble. It is a digested, reflective, and tender reworking of what happened into an active, contemporary context...
...Sahara is still an exotic, loud, and moderately entertaining flick full of flashy fight sequences and daring escapes from near-certain death. Plus lots of cool stuff blows up. Often. And to its credit, Sahara does rock out to a pumping, down-home American soundtrack...
...loud, flashy cover deter you from reading this one in public. Beneath the closet scene cover complete with wedding veil and feather boa, James tells you that the flaming sambuca is “a trademark drink of Euro hotties!” But get to know the girl drinking margaritas, and “soon you’ll be dancing on the bar and bonding...
...breed of section participant has recently surfaced, however. Pissed off to be in section like a chronic underachiever, yet highly prepared in Type A fashion, these monsters are appearing everywhere. Belligerent, annoyed, and often with piercingly loud voices, they’re creeping into classes from Post-Modernism to BS 54. They aren’t especially intelligent or insightful, but that in no way prevents them from engaging in section participation as though it were a full body contact sport...