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“Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever.”
This is a slow moving but well told story. It sneaks up on you as it weaves all the different storylines. I found myself holding my breath, waiting for all the paths to converge.
There are two sides to every story. But when we talk about children and WWII, the stories....they are never pretty. And this story is just ugly - the ugly side of war. It's good reminder that those that did those horrid things to some, did atrocit ...more
This is a slow moving but well told story. It sneaks up on you as it weaves all the different storylines. I found myself holding my breath, waiting for all the paths to converge.
There are two sides to every story. But when we talk about children and WWII, the stories....they are never pretty. And this story is just ugly - the ugly side of war. It's good reminder that those that did those horrid things to some, did atrocit ...more
Marie-Laure is a blind girl living in Paris with her father who is the keeper of keys at the Museum of Natural History. Werner is an orphan growing up in a coal town who has an instinct for mathematics. The book alternates between the bombing of Saint-Malo in 1944 and the events in the main characters lives that led them to this point. Also connected in is a legendary diamond, the Sea of Flames. A beautifully written story. I connected to both the main characters.
With all the hype on this book I really wanted to like it more than I did. I think I spent a lot of time comparing to The Nightingale since they both have are similar in the time periods and location.
The going back and forth starting with the present and then back tracking through the years with the ending at the present time (of the book) and then a little further into the future was a neat concept.
I couldn't really connect with the male protagonist, Werner, at all. His story felt a bit choppy ...more
The going back and forth starting with the present and then back tracking through the years with the ending at the present time (of the book) and then a little further into the future was a neat concept.
I couldn't really connect with the male protagonist, Werner, at all. His story felt a bit choppy ...more
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