mystery

Can someone explain to me why everyone loves Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close? (I pretty much hated it--my hatred of it actually grew after I wrote those comments.) Lately I keep seeing people recommending it all over the place, and I really have trouble remembering anything redeeming in it. Did you like it? Can you tell me why???? When I think about that book, I want to throw it at a wall! Multiple times!