From: Kellye Carter Crocker <kelcrocker>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 09:14:14 -0600

Hi Beth, I agree with the "too much of a trick" people. I didn't see the foreshadowing and the revelation was a let down to me because it seemed so inconceivable. Also, the Big Message seemed to be "you are the message," which struck me as obvious and preachy. But, honestly, I've wondered if there's something I'm not getting? :-)

Even though I found the ending unsatisfying, there is so much that I loved about the book, especially the characters and voice.

Best, kellye


on 2/27/06 10:24 AM, Beth Wright at bethlibrarian at yahoo.com wrote:

> Kellye Carter Crocker wrote:
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>> I really enjoyed "I Am The Messenger"?agree with the
>> comments about it here, but was very disappointed in the
>> ending. I still don't get it. The big thing
>> that is revealed seemed so obvious through the whole
>> story. Is there something I'm missing?
>
> Kelly, do you mean you found it obvious that the person
> responsible for sending Ed on his errands was the author of
> the story? Like maybe it was foreshadowed too heavily?
> I'm asking because I've also talked with readers who
> thought the ending was "too much of a trick," which I took
> to mean that it wasn't foreshadowed enough and came out of
> nowhere. It worked for me personally; there were a few
> bumps in the narrative voice (I remember one was after Ed
> threatened the rapist) where I thought, "Who is talking
> here?" Then I forgot about it until the ending, when it
> made sense. I also liked the author photo, where Zusak is
> holding presumably the same file folder full of notes that
> Ed observes in the author's hands at the end of the book.
> I guess an odd device like this one is bound to provoke a
> lot of different reactions.
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> Beth Wright
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> Beth Wright
> Youth Services Librarian
> Fletcher Free Library
> Burlington, Vermont
> (802) 865-7216
> bethlibrarian at yahoo.com
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