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Book Review of How I Live Now

How I Live Now
How I Live Now
Author: Meg Rosoff
Genre: Children's Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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From the moment I started this book I was thinking and through out it I came to conclusions. Definately not one of those books you can skip passages in so you can get to the action. The ending, although not a running through the fields sort of happy ending, did end on a positive note.

There are a few things in this book that could have been explained: is it set in the future? If so how far? They have cell phones and computers, but they are in a WWII style war.

Is this a magical world? It's never really said whether what goes on with Edmond is telepathy or just being really intuitive.

But, once you get over these unanswered questions (and you can just decide for yourself since they don't really affect the outcome of the book) it's a great read.

It's also one of those books where you either love it, or hate it.