The messenger

Markus Zusak

Hi everybody! How are you? Because of school, study, thousand things to do, it's more than a month I don't write in the blog, I' m so sorry! I always say that I'll be more constant, but, being honest, recently I didn't read any books... But, in these holiday, I'm releasing myself.

Hoping you're enjoying your holiday and wishing you good days off, today I introduce the second wonderful book of these writer: "The messenger".

Markus Zusak

The main character, Ed Kennedy, it's a guy without ambitions, a citizen of the seediest parts of the town, with a difficult mother, a boy that lies about his age to be able to drive his taxi to earn some money. He lives with his loyal dog, Portinaio, old mate of the father, died because of alcool. Ed spend his time playing cards with his three friends: Audrey, his best friend of always, Marv, the greedy, and Ritchie, carefree and graceful. They always walk around together, but Ed's life change when he blocks a bank robbery, in front of the other eyes. Shortly after he receives the first card: the diamonds ace. Here starts her travel. Three addresses in the card, three messages he must give to three precise persons. He saves a girl from her grips, a little old woman from her solitude, mum and daughter from a husband not worthy of this name.

Ed feels himself different, he's finally giving something for the first time, he feels himself useful. Than the second ace arrive, the third too. Than the fourth, hearts ace.Three films titles that bring him to her three friends, it's their time to have a message. And he does it. Audrey surrenders herself three minutes of love, Marv finally meets his daughter, Ritchie cancels his lazyness and searches a work. But it's not finished yet. Ed receives a last card, the joker. it's the most hard he has to deal with. Solve this card means fighting with hisself... he's not the messenger, he's the own message.

It's an engaging novel, takes you from your heart and teaches you that little things are actually really big, that a lights string can change Christmas in a family: it get you notice that if you really want something, your abilities double, triple, to reach that goal. And, in the end, you just do it.

The quotation I bring from this book, is like Ed, simple but full of meaning: "Sometime people are beautiful. Not for how they seem. Not for how they talk. Just for what they are."

I'm sorry for my possible mistakes, it was a bit difficult, but I thank all who will read until the end! 

Next book will come soon xx