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All the Light We Cannot See
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What Members Thought

Carl Kruse
Sep 02, 2016 rated it it was amazing
All the Light We Cannot See is a magnificent, deeply moving novel from a writer “whose sentences never fail to thrill”.Anthony Doerr is quite the wordsmith, he turns every sentence in this book into poetry. This author writes with so much thought and crafting of each chapter I was totally drawn in to the story.One of the best stories I've ever ...more
Yee
Dec 09, 2016 rated it really liked it
Somewhere around a third or halfway through the text, the plot plods along. I think this was the part where Werner was trapped in the building cellar with Volkheimer. However, on the whole, the plot was interesting.

Of the three war novels -- The Book Thief, The Nightingale, and this one -- I would consider this text the most interesting. The prose is also of better quality.
Emily Rothstein
Sep 12, 2016 rated it it was ok
I think I'm one of the only people who has not loved this book. I actually didn't even finish it. I made it a little more than half way through before deciding to put it down. I just couldn't get into it. And picking up the book seemed like a chore and I felt like I SHOULD read it because everyone just raved about it. Don't get me wrong - the writing is fantastic, the story is interesting, but it just wasn't for me. ...more
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