The first time I read this book I was 14. I still remember the day I bought it. I was out getting groceries with my mother one morning when we found our way to the mall. I cannot remember what our purpose was there but I do remember begging her to take me to Coles, the book store. At this time I only have $10 and wanted to buy a new book so badly even though much like today I still had over a dozen sitting on my shelf to be read. I wanted to get the most out of my meager sum of money as I possibly could so I started browsing the sale books. Many of them were being sold for two dollars which suited my needs perfectly. That fortunate day I picked up Captaine Alatriste for $5 and The Book of Flying for $2. I was so pleased with myself for getting books at such a discounted price I didn't even start to ponder what an impact they would have on the rest of my life.
For the longest time I've had an obsession with wings and flying as well as a passion for books, reading and writing and it wasn't until I started to reread this book that I figured out why. The main character is a young man name Pico. Pico was born of the winged people but he had no wings and those without wings cannot live in the towers. His mother gives him to a young librarian to raise and so Pica grows up on the ground and lives in the library. He does the same things everyday and spend the majority of his time alone in his library reading and writing poems. In the evening he goes and watches the winged people fly and he falls in love with one of the. He teaches her how to read and they spend all their time together until one day she decides that she could never truly love him because he has no wings. He continues on with his life for a while until he finds a letter someone wrote and buried in the ground before a fire consumed his city years ago which speaks of the Book of Flying. A book that the letter claims teaches the wingless to fly. This leads Pico on an adventure to get his wings so he can marry the one he loves so dearly.
From this brief synopsis you can no doubt tell why this book struck me in such a way and in some ways influenced the way I am today. While reading that book my desires for flight didn't seem so unusual and neither did my love for literature. It was very reassuring for me to read about someone who in my mind was exactly like me.
I give this book 10 poems out of 10. It will always hold a special place in my heart no matter what anyone else says.
For the longest time I've had an obsession with wings and flying as well as a passion for books, reading and writing and it wasn't until I started to reread this book that I figured out why. The main character is a young man name Pico. Pico was born of the winged people but he had no wings and those without wings cannot live in the towers. His mother gives him to a young librarian to raise and so Pica grows up on the ground and lives in the library. He does the same things everyday and spend the majority of his time alone in his library reading and writing poems. In the evening he goes and watches the winged people fly and he falls in love with one of the. He teaches her how to read and they spend all their time together until one day she decides that she could never truly love him because he has no wings. He continues on with his life for a while until he finds a letter someone wrote and buried in the ground before a fire consumed his city years ago which speaks of the Book of Flying. A book that the letter claims teaches the wingless to fly. This leads Pico on an adventure to get his wings so he can marry the one he loves so dearly.
From this brief synopsis you can no doubt tell why this book struck me in such a way and in some ways influenced the way I am today. While reading that book my desires for flight didn't seem so unusual and neither did my love for literature. It was very reassuring for me to read about someone who in my mind was exactly like me.
I give this book 10 poems out of 10. It will always hold a special place in my heart no matter what anyone else says.
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