All the light we cannot see

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Anthony Doerr: All the light we cannot see (2014)

771 pages

English language

Published Nov. 3, 2014

ISBN:
978-1-4104-7022-5
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OCLC Number:
876004534

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5 stars (2 reviews)

A blind French girl on the run from the German occupation and a German orphan-turned-Resistance tracker struggle with respective beliefs after meeting on the Brittany coast.

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A masterpiece

5 stars

This was so well written. I love Doerr's beautiful descriptive style and the way he interweaves the stories of the characters intricately together.

Minus half a star because it didn't make me shed as many tears as such a powerful story should have. I can't really tell why. Maybe it was just my mood and I may need to reread it sometime and update my rating o 5 stars. Its definitely worth a read and a reread in any case.

Review of 'All the Light We Cannot See' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

As intricate and well-crafted as Helprin's Soldier of the Great War, or Sunlight and Shaddow, only more enthralling and accessible. Loved the skipping around in time and place, fullfilling the thesis that mind and spirit aren't restricted to the linear progression of time and can fly through the air like birds or radio waves.

Subjects

  • Blind
  • Youth
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Large type books
  • History
  • Fiction

Places

  • Saint-Malo (France)
  • Germany
  • France