Book Review-"Millions" (Part II)

Comments:

I think that it’s an amazing, funny, horrifying, fantastical, realistic, sad, touching, and shocking story. When Damian talks about any topic, he likes to start with the patron saint of the story. His big brother, Anthony, is into money and investments, but Damian is fascinated by saints. As this story begins, the boys' mother has died. They've moved with their father into a new house and started attending a new school. As mostly parents in the world, they always want their children to be excellent and good. Being good parents are not an easy job, especially live in the competing world. You have to earn more money to raise your children, set a good example for them, and take care of them with full attention. Sometimes I feel exhausted, but I love being a parent.

In the story, Damian’s Dad has instructed Damian to be excellent and he tries very hard to be good, partly because he's afraid his father will vanish, as his mother did, if he fails. To that end, he answers his teacher in class in such long-winded detail or is so "quiet" that his teacher is concerned.

Damian builds a hermitage. There, he has visions of saints. When the saints talk to him, he always asks if they've seen his mother. Obviously, he was missing her mother very much; therefore, he focused on the biography of saints and hope can see his mother someday.
One night, Damian is in his hermitage, praying. The train thunders past. A bag with millions of the old-fashioned pound notes --- an unbelievable fortune! Damian believes it's a direct gift from God in sympathy for the death of his mother.

Damian and Anthony don't tell their father of their sudden wealth out of concern for taxes. They discuss all they can buy: sea monkeys, fancy bikes, cell phones, computer games, houses. They must spend their wealth in 17 days, because when the new money system goes into effect, their notes will be worthless. Life becomes more and more complicated when thieves and police enter the picture.

The brothers treat school kids to soft drinks, and then bribe them for favors. Damian and Anthony buy their classmates' belongings for huge prices. Soon, they're lying to their father about where all their new toys have come from. Damian wryly notes that there's no patron saint of lying.

I've never read anything remotely like it. It’s a truly excellent read. If you incidentally get vast money and you have to spend it out within 17 days. What would you do? It’s really interesting. Just think about it. It’s a good book, recommend you to read it.