Synopses:
You need
your eyes, don't you?So does Richard Issych. Two weeks ago he overdosed. Now he's fighting for his life, finding threatening notes like that one on his nightstand.
"There are Reasons Noah Packed No Clothes" is the story of 19-year-old Richard Issych, who wakes to a harsh new reality inside an inpatient unit. Now Richard's journey turns into one of revelations and struggling through his own reasons for being as he discovers new meanings for redemption, sacrifice, hope, love-and the will to live.
In the end, what are the reasons Noah packed no clothes? Richard can only imagine. But it has something to do with a size 3XL bowling shirt with the name "Noah" stitched over the pocket.
There are reasons . . . everyone uses his own dictionary.
There are reasons . . . some new heavens come from some new hells.
There are Reasons Noah Packed No Clothes
Review:
This engaging,
disturbing and surprising novel is the story of nineteen-year-old Richard, who
tries to commit suicide and, failing, finds himself in a psychiatric hospital.
From that point on, the author leads us on an eye-opening journey trough
Richard’s mind, using incredible writing, wonderful, real-life-based characters
and a world building that is as amazing as it is heart-breaking.
The main
character is as real as any of us, readers, and as confusing (and confused) as
anyone of his own age, which takes the story to a whole other level of veracity
and believability. Richard has very contradictory feelings, which also helps us
understanding the reasons behind his thoughts.
This is,
for sure, one of the most confusing, emotional and daring books I have ever
read, and that is what makes me love it so much. It certainly defies every law
of fiction, making you think of your own reasons.
I would
also like to congratulate the author for making me not want to put the book
down, trying to figure out who Noah was – since he was mentioned for the first
time in late pages – and what he represented in the narrative.
Lastly, I
want to thank Robert Jacoby for sending me a signed copy of his book, even
though I live in a different continent.
A book to
read and re-reading over and over.
