Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

I read Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. It was written by Jonathan Safran Foer. I chose to read this book because I saw the movie and it was really good and so I thought the book would be pretty good too. It is mainly about a boy who sets out on a adventure to find a lock to a mysterious key hoping it will make him closer to his dad.

Oskar Schell is the son of Thomas Schell who was killed in 9/11. After his father's death he found a blue vase in his dad's closet. In it was a small envelope with "Black" written on it. Oskar wondered: is it a clue? What does it mean? In the envelope was a key. Oskar figured his dad wanted him to find the missing lock to it, so he did a lot of research and set off on a long adventure to find the "missing lock". He visited a ton of people with the last name of Black hoping they would know something about it. He visited a lot of new places. Abby Black told Oskar to go to her ex husband because she thought he knew something about the key. Oskar went to him and after months of searching he got his answer. It just wasn't the answer he expected....

I enjoyed reading this book. Two things I liked about it were how it was sometimes funny and it was really interesting. There was also a good meaning behind it. The only thing I didn't like about this book was how it was confusing sometimes. I would recommend this book to my friends. It was an inspiring book and I think people should see the movie too.