A New Perspective

Reading this book is very different from most books I've read, because it is written from the view of a child with autism. It puts a different outlook on things that I normally might not have noticed or observed. There are a lot of things going on during the book, but it is interesting to piece all of the information together while at the same time he is trying to figure out what the key leads to. The quote, "Every time I left our apartment to go searching for the lock, I became a little lighter, because I was getting closer to Dad. But I also became a little heavier, because I was getting farther from Mom." really struck me and I found it really interesting. The book kind of has a sad presence to it reading about Oskar trying to find what this key leads to, while realizing he hasn't fully accepted that his father has died, possibly hoping that this key may lead him to his father. Another thing I found interesting, is that usually when a book is written from a kid's point of view it is a book directed at kids, but in this case it isn't, which is why I think it has a unique style of writing as apposed to other books I have read.