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All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

Start date: October 1, 2015

Finish date: October 31, 2015

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Aug 11, 2017 Ivy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: checked-out-from-library, published-in-2014

This book was chosen for me by Rebekah for the A Million More Pages POFM - August 2017.

5 stars

Nice to see how Marie-Laure and Werner came to meet each other. RIP Werner. Glad Marie-Laure was able to have a good life.

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Jan 12, 2016 J rated it it was amazing

Shelves: finished-in-2016

I fell in love with this book. I prefer books with a lot of dialogue, and this had far more description than dialogue. Yet I was pulled deeply into this story and found myself eager to keep reading. I liked this so much, it's made me want to read more literary fiction. This definitely lived up to the hype. ...more

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Jan 02, 2023 Rahmanuddin Shaik rated it it was amazing

This book gave me some insights into WW2. I had many emotional heartbreaks throughout the read. I enjoyed reading the book thoroughly. Thanks to the person who gifted it, it is indeed the best gift I had for my birthday.

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May 05, 2018 Monica Miller rated it liked it

All the Light We Cannot See was a different kind of historical book, a different view on World War II. It brought Marie-Laure, a blind teenager, to us, and Werner, a German fighting in a war when he should have been protected.

It was different than other books I've read on this topic, and it was truly heartbreaking at points, but I didn't have that sensation that I just can't put down the book. I didn't get irremediably in love with either character, but appreciated both their strengths.

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Aug 02, 2020 Anum Sattar rated it liked it

3 stars for the expression. I finish what I start, and it took me a year to be done with this one.

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Jan 14, 2017 Melinda Brasher rated it it was amazing

This was a beautiful book. Sad, brutal at parts, but beautiful. It puts a very human face on the tragedy of war, and does so in a fresh way.

The writing is at times too descriptive for my personal tastes, a bit too poetic, and I do sometimes wonder if someone who uses the verb “purl” twice within twenty pages is maybe trying a little too hard. However, this is all very subjective, and overall I really liked and admired the writing itself: the velvety language and unusual combinations, the perfec ...more

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Apr 18, 2021 Kristy Brown rated it liked it

Beautifully written, yet so sad. 3.5.

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Dec 25, 2018 Sandeep rated it it was amazing

The book is beautifully written to show how war is the age old process of suffering of common man on the ego of some power seeking crazed up leaders. There may be some historical facts wrongly stated but the words are like paints of imagination, touching subtly on human feelings. I will read this book again someday again!

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