I'm making very slow progress with EL&IC, but progress none the less. I enjoy parts of this book, but when the story transfers into letters sent by grandparents to Oskar, I quickly lose interest. What I especially like, however, is when there is a part of the story that seems to be a mystery, and I get to try to figure it out. For example, there are multiple messages from Oskar's dad the day of 9/11. A new one came up on page 207, his fourth message. He gave small bits of information about what was going on, mentioning some sort of evacuation plan. I have come to the conclusion, however, that Oskar's dad isn't actually dead. I decided this because Oskar's dad's name appeared on the pads that you test pens on at the arts store, after he was supposed to have died. It is possible that someone else wrote it, but I doubt it.
If Oskar's father really isn't dead, then what do the messages mean? And if he really was at the World Trade Center on 9/11, then how did he have time to call and leave four messages? These are all questions that hopefully either I will figure out or the book will explain to me in the next couple of weeks. I'm almost finished, I just need to encourage myself to keep reading.
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