![]() ![]() ![]() There are many great moments like this throughout the book, most I didn't even note. "Who knows? Maybe someday, after all this crumbles away, the trees will be back, and these storms will make sense again" (44). It's just that some fool has stuck a house there." I pointed back toward the front of the development, toward the four English royal models. Now, you could bring back those developers, and the construction guys, and the engineers, and ask them to point out where the highest spot around here used to be. This was the highest spot, and it worked like a lightning rod. "Then it must've had big dead trees on it." So that's where the lightning always used to strike." ![]() Maybe it was at the top of a rise with big trees on it. "So let's say that that corner house used to be the highest ground around here for miles. Right? They brought in tons and tons of that white sand and dumped it here. : "They leveled everything out with bulldozers. ![]() He's a discussion Paul had with his friend Joey about lightning that was reminiscent of Oskar: Obviously this book did not have the gravity (or should I say heavy boots?) of Extremely Loud, but Paul and Oskar shared some similarities. In fact, his general outlook on life and observations of the world around him reminded me a lot of Oskar Schell from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. He was courageous, loyal, intelligent, and observant. I enjoyed Tangerine, mostly because of Paul Fisher as a character. ![]()
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