☊ All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr ★★★★★+❤❤❤

[Karin]

When Marie-Laure Leblanc, born with congenital cataracts, becomes blind at age six, her father, locksmith at the museum, builds her a detailed miniature of their neighbourhood to allow her to memorize it by touch, although it takes a couple of years of outdoor practicing with him turning her around three times at various points and telling her to find their way home before it really clicks. Werner grows up in an orphanage with his sister, Jutta. Frau Elena, a Huguenot, tells them stories in French daily. He is tiny for his age, a mechanical genius who repairs and makes a simple radio work for he and his sister to listen to. One day they come across a fabulous French radio broadcast about science and they are mesmerized.

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[Barbara M]

I listened to this one too and totally agree with your review.

[Susie]

What a wonderful book this was. Five stars for me too.

[Karin]

Barbara wrote: "I listened to this one too and totally agree with your review."

Susie wrote: "What a wonderful book this was. Five stars for me too."

Glad to see I'm not the only one.

[Kimber]

All the Light We Cannot See was on my PBT baseball list, but now that I know it's not going to be pitched to me, I'm going to read it. I'm starting it tonight!

[Jennifer]

Totally agree, loved this one. I found it slow to start, but I'm often slow at accepting new characters in general, needing time to warm up to them. This was one I still think about a year later, goodness in people, bravery, risk, luck. So much to turn over in your head long after the book was over. Just really exceptional. Every time I drive past a house with a large antenna on the top I think of this book.

[[deleted user]]

Five stars for me too and my favorite book read during 2015.