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All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

Start date: August 1, 2019

Finish date: August 31, 2019

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May 18, 2015 Mary rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, cop-firefighter-law-militar-pilot, book-papel

"Cuando perdí mi vista, Werner, la gente decía que era valiente. Cuando mi padre se fue, la gente decía que era valiente. Pero no es valentía; no tengo elección. Me despierto y vivo mi vida. ¿No haces tu lo mismo? "

HERMOSO LIBRO!!!!

Una historia muy real y desgarradora en un contexto, que si bien real, esta muy bien creado. La narración es excelente, se entiende porque éste libro es el ganador del Premio Pulitzer del 2015 y lo tienen totalmente merecido.
Es una historia dura, real y que realm ...more

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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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May 08, 2015 Cat rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2016

Ok, so it seems this didn't work out for me as I thought it would. As I expected it to work. Even better, I was expecting to really like this book, after all it's a story taking place during WWII, but I didn't know much about it, I had read the synopsis more than a year ago and could no longer remember it, but I just couldn't.

The fairytale appearance was cute but I could do without, Marie-Laure could be charming and was indeed brave, but I didn't feel the connection with her, the writing was cer ...more

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Jun 18, 2014 Lisa rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, historical-stories, 5-stars

I was worried that when I started this book it would become boring and too descriptive for me. That was not the case at all. Yes it was very descriptive and I did have to look up a a couple of things like vacuum cleaners and car jacks of the 40's but I really enjoyed the characters. It's about the choices we have to make and sometimes the things in life we really have no choice about…and sometimes regrets. It did not go too deep into the horrors of WWII but concentrated more on a gifted young Ge ...more

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May 04, 2017 Maddie rated it really liked it

I'm so surprised by how quickly I read this book! I started it 3 days ago, but I didn't read one of those days, so technically only 2 days ago XD The short chapters really helped with the speed, but it was so interesting! To be honest, I don't know how the story made up 530 pages. It really didn't feel like it. Even though the time jumps were confusing at times, they also really helped develop the story. For once, I love how (view spoiler) ...more

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Jul 14, 2014 Kathy Hale rated it it was amazing

Shelves: oboc

Puzzles, keys and radio transmissions are the central theme to this book. Two young people on two different sides of WWII who are hurtling towards each other through the commonality ofw radio air waves and the gem the Star of Flames.

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Jul 22, 2014 Megan rated it really liked it

Shelves: ravenclaw-mmp, new-to-me-authors-2015, review, read-in-2015, wheel-a-thon-2, france, team-hp, wacky-word-scramble, the-chase

This was a very different historical read than I usually read. The way it was told was nice, but since there wasn't a lot of dialogue it wasn't as enjoyable for me. Still it was a really good read. ...more

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Jun 30, 2015 Vasco rated it liked it · review of another edition

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Dec 09, 2016 Yee 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.

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