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BR 14 - Abhay & Anuj (End of Mr Y); Start Date ~~~> 1st July
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BR 13 - Sumit and Purvika~The Reading Rollercoaster ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ; Start date ----> 1st November
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I finally decided to read this Pulitzer prize-winning book when I got the prompt in a reading challenge. So many people have already detailed the summary, so I won't repeat that.
This primarily stories for a blind girl Marie in France and an orphan boy Werner in Germany. Their stories run parallel alternatively as they grow through the final years of WW II.
This story almost felt poetic in many places and due to smaller chapters, you flow through the book.
This is a special book and everyone shoul ...more
This primarily stories for a blind girl Marie in France and an orphan boy Werner in Germany. Their stories run parallel alternatively as they grow through the final years of WW II.
This story almost felt poetic in many places and due to smaller chapters, you flow through the book.
This is a special book and everyone shoul ...more
This is the first book in a new reading challenge, and not something I usually read. I really liked the story. The beginning and the end are really good, only the middle was a little slow.
What made it 3 stars for me, was the prose. I can see why a lot of people like it, but is not really for me. Sometimes it made story run a bit long.
But overall I liked the book, and it was fun to read something out of my comfort zone for a change!
What made it 3 stars for me, was the prose. I can see why a lot of people like it, but is not really for me. Sometimes it made story run a bit long.
But overall I liked the book, and it was fun to read something out of my comfort zone for a change!
The writing is exquisite and the story is haunting. The short chapters showing the lives of a blind 16-year old French girl and a brilliant 18-year old German boy during WWII work beautifully. Their stories move quickly and I found I was worrying about them, even when I wasn't reading. I think the book would have worked better if Doerr hadn't given us the intermittent previews of 1944 and what had happened. I wanted the story to unfold on its own. That said, I still loved this book and highly re
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