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Title: The Man in the Ceiling by Jules Feiffer, L. J. Ganser ISBN: 0-7887-5345-2 Publisher: Recorded Books Pub. Date: April, 2002 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 3 List Price(USD): $45.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4.55 (11 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful! Best book ever!
Comment: I originally read "The Man in the Ceiling" in the fourth grade and I really didn't understand it, but then in the sixth grade I read it again, and now, as the title of the review mentions, it's my favorite book ever. I am now sixteen years old and I'm still reading it over and over again. The story deals with a young boy who struggles with inadequacy and failure. His main aspiration is to become a cartoonist, but he recieves little support from anyone. His father, a bitter overworked man, wishes Jimmy (the boy) would play sports rather than make comics, and because of this, finds it hard to express love toward his son. His sisters nag him and torment him daily and his mother has little to do with what goes with him. Jimmy's uncle, a failure himself, tells Jimmy to keep at it, and he'll eventually make it, but by the end of the story, the uncle himself is the one who is broken (the not the very end, but it's to good to give away.) Not so fast, this story isn't as depressing as I've made it out to be. It's actually very witty and funny and has a dark sense of humor. Comics Jimmy draws are included through out the story and it is interesting to see how Jimmy interprets events and his surroundings into his art. Very funny, but very sad, and with a wonderful ending. What every book should be, regardless of the reading level.

Rating: 5
Summary: This book will make you read without a stop!!!
Comment: I think this book is one you won't forget. Jimmy is a person that is very down-to-earth, he has many personal struggles, such as his strive for attention and approval of the most popular school mate, Charley Beemer, who Jimmy thinks is perfect. Jimmy decides to draw comics for Charley and he realizes that that was a stupid mestake, Charley only wants to see blood and guts so Jimmy has a bit of trouble drawing a severed arm. This book is truly amazing!

Thank you for reading my review.

Rating: 3
Summary: Not Feiffer's best
Comment: Picked this up after "A barrel of laughs, a vale of tears", and found it merely diverting rather than life changing. It's a nice enough story, and probably means a lot to him as a drawing artist, but doesn't resonate as well to the non-pencil holder, I think.

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