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This had been in my tbr box for ages because the blurb on the back makes it sound a bit naff, but it won the Pulitzer Prize so I gave it a go. It's amazing, so beautifully written and so nourishing for your soul. Once I started I didn't want to stop, I thought for a while the ending was going to spoil it.. but it didn't, that too was exquisitely done.
This will be for the read harder challenge war time book. ...more
This will be for the read harder challenge war time book. ...more
Hard to find the right adjectives, here: Illuminating? Devastating? Magic?
There are many books about World War II--the horrors, the courage, the betrayal of humanity. But this one weaves a layered tapestry of love and hope--and, beautifully, science--shining threads in a thick blanket of horror, greed and filth.
Visiting the Holocaust Museum for the first time, I saw a short film on how the Nazis built a cultural movement using simple crystal radios--stories, slogans, music that changed the way ...more
There are many books about World War II--the horrors, the courage, the betrayal of humanity. But this one weaves a layered tapestry of love and hope--and, beautifully, science--shining threads in a thick blanket of horror, greed and filth.
Visiting the Holocaust Museum for the first time, I saw a short film on how the Nazis built a cultural movement using simple crystal radios--stories, slogans, music that changed the way ...more
This book deserves every single award it won. But: I enjoyed very little of it.
I liked it - I really, really liked it in some places - but I didn't love it the way some others have. The first half of the book is excellent. I loved the relationship between Marie-Laure and her father, and I loved Werner's desire to become something more than just another worker in the coal mines. I didn't mind the jumping back and forth in time, as I found it pretty easy to follow. I didn't even mind the obvious way these stories were going to have to come together. As write this, I'm wonder
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it was slow moving.
Touching. Sad. A book that proves even big books can be read quickly when they’re engaging.
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