I Am the Messenger, (Paperback)

from BoundTogetherForGood

Don't you love it when a book just seems to fall into your lap? I only picked it up because the cover caught my eye as I walked past a book store table aimed at youth. The cover was quirky; eye catching. Then I noticed the author is Markus Zusak, the writer of one of my favourite books, The Book ...

from ErisofDiscord

I don't know how many music videos and novels have been made about "random acts of kindness" or how many times that phrase has been bandied about by people. You hear it so often that it starts to lose meaning, and so "random acts of kindness" has become overused. I Am the Messenger brings it back...

from Carpe_Librum

When I read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak in 2007, I honestly thought he'd peaked. I assumed nothing he'd ever written before Book Thief, (or would ever write afterwards for that matter) could even begin to compete on that level. That foolish assumption robbed me of the opportunity to fall in lo...

from SamuelW

Markus Zusak's The Messenger is one of the most powerful books I have ever read. The writing is powerful, the story is powerful, and the messages are powerful. Through a methodical but constantly surprising tale of suspense, drama, mystery and action, Zusak shows us the true value of random acts ...

from janoorani24

This was one of the best books I've read in the past 12 months. Markus Zusack also wrote The Book Thief, which is another favorite of mine. In I Am the Messenger Zusack tells a coming of age story about a young man who drives a taxi for a living in an unnamed Australian city. The beginning of the...