Dying to Know You (Paperback)

from knitwit2

A nice story about recognizing yourself in another. The story is told by an older gentleman and an author (whose name we never learn) and Karl an young love-sick man. Karl is dyslexic and wants the author to write letters to his girlfriend, Cyrano de Bergerac style. I thought the book would focus...

from katie

An interesting read for me after just finishing Verlyn Klinkenborg's book on small perfect sentences that mean what you say - as this book starts out with a young adult struggling (through his dyslexia) to express himself in written words. The old-young connection also reminds me of Barry Jonsber...

from WarriorLibrary

This is the story of the unlikely relationship between a young man and an older man. I was surprised at how fast I read it because I usually like more action.

from AngelaFristoe

This was a very difficult book to rate and review, and even now I keep going back and forth between a 3 and a 5, so I've settled on giving it a 4. There were parts of this book I absolutely loved. The relationship between Karl and the writer (who is never named) is so touching and felt believable...

from hrose2931

First the story. The story line is compelling and the writing is subtly beautiful. At first you just want to know, what is so great about this Fiorella that makes this plumber Karl, who obviously has a lot inside of him, seek out her favorite author and ask for his help. And the author agrees. On...