Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

My opinion of this book can best be summed up with one of my in-progress comments, “I wish I hadn't.” I felt no connection to any character. I feel the author was trying too hard to do the whole intellectual thing. The writing sucked, the 9 year old boy was not a believable character, and I just did not care one iota what happened to any one. So, once again: I wish I hadn't.