just finished 100 yr old man and loved it! what next?

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I loved the 100 year old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared..

i struggle to get into books but this was great. very cleverly written.

am trying to get into the book thief now but not loving it.
any recommendations.

Are you in my book club??! We've just read that too
I was laughing out loud at the synopsis of events given at the farmhouse.

Me too, loved it too.

you then need to read
gone girl
or where dya go bernadette
or even better harold fry

all good

bernadette particularly good

Agree with Maureen, Bernadette is fabulous.

Lovely. Will look into bernadette.
Any others?

This was such a fab book, too short!!
I loved the structure of this story and enjoyed the book so much more than One Day.
Hopefully theu will make a better job of a film, One day was rubbish!
Who should play the centurian???!

I really, really don't get this book. The language and style seemed childlike to me, it reminded me of The boy in the Striped Pajamas. I wondered whether the translation was a factor.

I finished reading it a couple of days ago, and loved it too. The style is simplistic, and naive, hence the child-like feel to it at times. A review I read somewhere likened it to Forrest Gump, and that's probably about right.

I agree with you Clare a film of it would be great. No idea who would play Allan though :o

We just read it for OUR book club and we are on Harold Fry next up!

I recently finished the 100 year old man and loved it. I think it's so original though that you won't find anything else like it.

The language is deliberately simple and deadpan because to act as a satirical contrast to the terrible events it describes.

hmmmmm, are you all in my book club ? We are reading it for our next meet up, but honestly it's taking me 100 years to read it ( see what i did there ?!)