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All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

Start date: March 19, 2015

Finish date: March 31, 2015

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Apr 18, 2017 Kate rated it it was amazing

This book was so good. Will definitely be coming back and reading it again. It just pulled on all my heartstrings.

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May 13, 2015 Chris rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction, audiobook, historical-fiction, europe, war, 2015owned, 2016owned, world-war-ii

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 ...more

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