Noggin

Maja Buhl F 17/11/2014

I loved Noggin by John Corey Whaley, it was an original, funny and moving read. I went into this book knowing nothing more than the fact that the main character, Travis, had been dead and had come back to life, which is, really, everything. I’m not saying that nothing else happened in the book, but the main focus is Travis and his new body. We follow Travis as he is getting used to his new life and his struggle with accepting that things aren’t the same and people and things have moved on. I expected Travis to have come back way, way into the future and that it would be a completely different world, but without revealing too much, I can tell you that that was not the case. The idea and storyline John Corey Whaley has created is amazing! And he’s perfected it with a really well-developed narrative, easy to read language and believable and interesting characters. Whaley had managed to cram in humor, sorrow and all that’s in between and some nice insignificant, yet significant, subplots involving homosexuality, religion, divorce and so on. I went into this book thinking that it was going to be this weird and original story. I was right! I have been nothing but positively surprised by this book. And so I’ve chosen to give it five stars, because nothing could be done better!