Boy Swallows Universe (Hardcover)(Large Print)

from Steven1958

A different type of story. I enjoyed the stories and the characters. The story is told by Eli from the ages of 13 to 19. Like many teenagers, this book heads off into many tangents but always returning to the main story. The tangents, many and oh so varied, make the overall book a pleasure to rea...

from Steven1958

A different type of story. I enjoyed the stories and the characters. The story is told by Eli from the ages of 13 to 19. Like many teenagers, this book heads off into many tangents but always returning to the main story. The tangents, many and oh so varied, make the overall book a pleasure to rea...

from lesleynicol

A little bit hard to follow at first, but perseverance paid and I thoroughly enjoyed the ride. Delightful characters of the two boys and their parents and even the "criminals " they met along the way.

from devilish2

Very well written, really evokes the Australia of the era (early '80s). But I found its really hard to get into, worth it once I did, just a bit of a slog.

from samnreader

This is told in that kind of narrative style where the earnest optimism of the protagonist is easy to be swept up in, much like how I felt about The Heart's Invisible Furies. It's difficult to describe how this never distilled someone's humanity down to their worst mistakes or actions-big or lit...