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Oh. I desperately wanted to love this, but I just didn't. It was, at times, beautifully written, and certainly not as pretentious as I'd expect for a modern Pulitzer winner. It was also quite easy to read.
But. The pacing, the back & forth between both the characters and the times. It just didn't work for me - as in, I feel like it really hampered my ability to connect with the story and the characters. The little magical element of the story seemed out of place, and almost pointless.
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But. The pacing, the back & forth between both the characters and the times. It just didn't work for me - as in, I feel like it really hampered my ability to connect with the story and the characters. The little magical element of the story seemed out of place, and almost pointless.
I was glad ...more
I thought with all the rave reviews of this book and it also being historical fiction set during WW2, I too also thought I would love this book. That is not the case. Yes it's written well, I can't argue with that, but that's it. Pretty on the outside, but nothing underneath. Personally I thought the story could have been told in 200 fewer pages than it was. From what I understood I thought that Werner and Marie's story were going to come together sooner than they did and would have a much bigge
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There is nothing I can say about this book/recording that hasn't already been said. It is a really good book. I listened to the audio version read by Zach Appelman and although it was SO long, I thought it was wonderful. I had a few minor gripes, the biggest being that Marie-Laure seemed a bit too adept given her blindness, but not being blind, I really have no right to assume that. And the fate of the diamond was a bit too nebulous, considering the importance of the stone to the story, but I wi
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Wow ten years it to Doerr and I can see why. This book is beautifully written. The characters are rich with depth and the story ties all of it together but leaves some mystery. The prose is visual and colorful. I loved it.
Sep 04, 2014
Marie Claude
marked it as to-read
Jan 06, 2015
Chelsey
marked it as to-read
Jan 16, 2015
Kabrada
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Nov 10, 2018
Flying Snow
marked it as avoid-or-skip
Dec 30, 2018
Kellie Lyn
marked it as to-read
