Summer Reading

The book I choose was The Messenger. I choose this book for multiple reasons. One huge reason was it seemed like it had action. In the back cover it mentioned the Ed, the main character, stops a bank robbery at the beginning. This gave me the idea that there would be a lot of action in parts. Another reason I chose this book over the others was the title. The title is imply The Messenger which makes the book sound mysterious and creepy and like there are a lot of secrets in this book, and I like books with some secrecy involved in them.

I would suggest this book to anyone who likes a book where you have to think. This book keeps a lot of thinks hidden until the end to keep the reader interested for the duration of the book. Another reason you should read this book is that its relatable. It is about a young man who is having a hard time finding a identity for himself and is not doing a lot that make him proud of himself, but the book helps him change that and be a better person overall.

Summer Reading

In my Novel, The Messenger, Ed, the main character is given jobs to do by unknown people. These jobs are given to him by giving him playing cards with addresses or clues to where he should go. In one of these addresses he is given a gun and he finds out he has to kill a father who has been abusive to his wife and daughter. The thought of killing someone is hard for Ed to grasp since is  not a violent person however he goes on with his plan.

Ed is a taxi driver so he figures out when the father usually needs a cab and he finds him and offers him a ride. He then offers him a drink and shortly after he takes it the husband passes out in the back seat. He then takes him to a secluded cliff in the town, wakes him up and threatens him with the gun and makes him walk out of the car. He talks to him about how he has been a bad person and is just about to shoot him in the head. He takes the shot, but he purposely misses. He then leaves him there and days later he finds out he left town, never to be seen again.