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This book is wonderful and I'm a little bit sad that I've finished reading it. The story mostly takes place during the years leading up to and during WWII and is mostly told through two main separate characters and their own stories, a bright young French girl that is blind and a very smart orphaned German. Each of them deal with loss, have a deep respect of life and family, and try to look beyond the madness of the time. Their stories are woven together and intersect very briefly and beautifull
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This is a really good book that made me think and will stay with me for awhile. I like Doerr's writing style and his storytelling. He created very interesting characters in Marie-Laure, her father, uncle, and Werner. I really enjoyed the moving historical fiction storyline. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing an ARC in return for an honest review.
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Beautiful language. Despite that I think it would make a better film or miniseries -- Felt like I was drowning in details without a clear picture, and a film version would cut out some of the extraneous info.
With Nazis, there are no happy endings.
Jun 08, 2014
Melissa Wiebe
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