A review by jazzgregory
Bridge of Clay, by Markus Zusak

5.0

I went into this book fully anticipating to DNF. I have heard how complicated and hard to read the language is but still felt that I owed it to Markus Zusak to give this a go. And I am so glad I did. It is tragic and beautiful but heartbreaking in the best way, as I felt mended by the end not broken. The Dunbar boys pain at first is annoying and seemingly unexplained but throughout the book layers are given to the characters explaining all their actions. I really love when you are inside these characters heads so much that you understand why the act the way they do and it makes them these complete people who step outside of merely a 'character' in your head. I felt such an attachment to the narrator and Zusaks writing seemingly returns to his signature self after 50-80 pages and I just couldn't stop devouring this book until the last page where I broke out crying in a weird joyous fulfilled relief. Loved.