The book is becoming more and more repetitive as i am reading further into it. The grandparent’s stories are boring and the search to find the lock that the key is for is getting longer than i see necessary. The fact of the matter is Oskar is trying to keep the memory of his Dad alive by searching for the lock that his key belongs to. The key symbols a secret that Oskar’s parents were keeping from him, could also be his father keeping the secret.
On the other hand, Oskar, the nine year old boy living in Manhattan, is traveling all throughout the city at first by himself, but then with a older man that lives in his apartment building. Where is his mom or grandma while this is going on? Has he mastered the art of lying that well that he doesn’t even have to try? He may be a mature nine year old but the other people in the world who are less mature could seriously hurt him. This is a problem that needs to be addressed, he can not roam around the city alone, without his mother knowing.
There was also an excessive amount of time jumping going on in this part of the novel. The jumps from present to past are abrupt and sometimes can be hard to follow if you skip a line or are skimming through. This is definitely not something that would interest me on a reading basis.
