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All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

Start date: January 1, 2020

Finish date: January 31, 2020

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Aug 07, 2014 Barbara rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: on-my-shelves, favorites, literary-fiction, historical-fiction, e-book, 2014-reads

This is a book about the Second World War that like many is the story of ordinary people trying to survive. But in this story, the characters are more than ordinary. Marie Laure is six when the story begins in Paris. Her father is the locksmith at the Museum of Natural History. Werner, a German orphan in a coal town, is a genius with radios. This earns him a place in a school and at age 16 is sent to roam France looking for hidden radio transmitters.When Paris is invaded by the German army, Mari ...more

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Jul 29, 2017 Ashley Fritch rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

4.5 stars rounded up.

It's funny what you discover when you reread a book. How you notice new things, how the words can inspire new thoughts and connections. How being in a different place in your life causes you to see the words, the characters, the story in a different light. This is beautifully written, and I'm so glad I reread it. ...more

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Mar 10, 2015 Valissa rated it it was amazing

Shelves: library

I realize that I am going nuts with five-stars this season, but it is so hard to resist. I loved this book, it was sweet, romantic (not in love but in atmosphere), horrible, enlightening, and surprising in the end.

Reading it really brought home how much I love my sight. If I could not read with the speed and elan that I do now I would die. I need that freedom from my own mind and the world around me. That being said, sometimes I read about horrible things, like WWII, and learn something new, so ...more

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