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A review by sarabearian
S. by J.J. Abrams, Doug Dorst
S. is an experience like none I have ever read. Do you have some time to dig your heels into this one? Good- let’s get started.
The book has been published to appear as if it is an old library book. Those coffee stains on the book are part of the illusion, no need to take your copy back. All of those writings in the margins? Those are supposed to be there as well and are the true heart of the novel. If you begin this adventure, which you most definitely should, read the entire book first. Ignore the margins as much as you can. The Straka story itself is an homage to the Hemingway style, for good or bad. Now, go back to the beginning because the real story begins back on page one. After you have read the story, read the margins. But that too can be tricky.
Eric, the owner of the library book, has forgotten the novel in a college library. Jen, who works at said library, finds the book, and leaves it at a designated spot in the library for the owner, Eric, to find again. She has also written to him in the margins. Thus, they write back and forth to each other, developing a sweet relationship while also falling into a dangerous academic mystery they try to unravel together. You also get to experience notes and postcards left in the book, by Jen and Eric for each other. By the end of the novel, you will have an intimate knowledge of the book, Jen and Eric and this uniquely told story.
*I would recommend looking up websites devoted to this novel and the best chronology for reading the margins, as in read Jen's blue notes first with Eric's black notes, etc.
-Sara G
The book has been published to appear as if it is an old library book. Those coffee stains on the book are part of the illusion, no need to take your copy back. All of those writings in the margins? Those are supposed to be there as well and are the true heart of the novel. If you begin this adventure, which you most definitely should, read the entire book first. Ignore the margins as much as you can. The Straka story itself is an homage to the Hemingway style, for good or bad. Now, go back to the beginning because the real story begins back on page one. After you have read the story, read the margins. But that too can be tricky.
Eric, the owner of the library book, has forgotten the novel in a college library. Jen, who works at said library, finds the book, and leaves it at a designated spot in the library for the owner, Eric, to find again. She has also written to him in the margins. Thus, they write back and forth to each other, developing a sweet relationship while also falling into a dangerous academic mystery they try to unravel together. You also get to experience notes and postcards left in the book, by Jen and Eric for each other. By the end of the novel, you will have an intimate knowledge of the book, Jen and Eric and this uniquely told story.
*I would recommend looking up websites devoted to this novel and the best chronology for reading the margins, as in read Jen's blue notes first with Eric's black notes, etc.
-Sara G