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Last year when this book came out I decided not to read it, just because I knew it would be sad and upsetting. However, when I saw it on the list for my bookclub this fall, I gave it another try and I'm very glad I did. It was a book where I looked forward to reading it but at the same time just wanted to get it done, because I was afraid that something terrible would happen to one of the main characters. Certainly bad things happen but the underlying beauty of the writing, the underlying curren
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This book was too long and drawn out for my taste but still very good. Beautifully written.
This is my favorite of book of all time. This tells the parallel stories of a blind girl in France and an orphaned boy in Germany as Hitler's Reich comes to power and reeks havoc on the world. Deeply affecting, the writer deftly weaves the paths of these two individuals with the lives of those around them, until they collide and affect one another lives forever. An absolute must read, this is book that will leave you spellbound.
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One of the best books I have read in awhile! Truly enjoyed this. Wonderful characters and plot twists.
This book was hard for me.
I was listening to it and when the dates started skipping back and forth and around it made it hard to follow....since I couldn't look back.
In general, I don't like this kind of book. I feel like the author knows his writing is poor and so he is trying to force me to keep reading by ending chapters in suspense and then picking them up 30 pages later.
It was interesting to read what war time is like for young people. Trying to find out what to become when so much is on th ...more
I was listening to it and when the dates started skipping back and forth and around it made it hard to follow....since I couldn't look back.
In general, I don't like this kind of book. I feel like the author knows his writing is poor and so he is trying to force me to keep reading by ending chapters in suspense and then picking them up 30 pages later.
It was interesting to read what war time is like for young people. Trying to find out what to become when so much is on th ...more
I really, really enjoyed this book. I loved how the reader was able to follow the stories of Marie-Laure and Werner and how their paths finally connected. The only reason I didn't give the book 5 stars was that I wasn't crazy about how the time jumped around so much, especially during the years of the war. I think the story would have been just as effective if told chronologically and would have not required so much flipping back to the beginnings of chapters to figure out that we had jumped 6 m
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I finally finished All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. The WWII era story revolves around two main characters, following them from childhood to teens. Marie-Laure is blind and lives in Paris with her father who is a locksmith for the National History museum; they flee Paris at the beginning of the Occupation, possibly carrying a priceless gem. Werner is a German orphan with a scientist's mind who gets drafted by the Nazis to work as a radio operator. The two story lines converge in a F
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So compelling. Going back and forth between Werner's world in Germany, seeing the war through his eyes, and Marie-Laure's world in France was beautifully done. My fingers itched as if I could touch the radios, the little wooden models, the shells, the shells and snails. It only dawned on me afterwards about the juxtaposition between what he heard and what she "saw." Loved this book...
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Took forever to get into it but kept on forcing myself to read it since I had heard so many great things. Finally, it can together in the last third or so.
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