Tittle           : All The Light We Cannot See

Author        : Anthony Doerr

Pub Date    : May 06, 2014

Pages          : 531

My Rating   : ★★★★

The Summary

Marie-Laure, whose father works at the Museum of Natural History, resides in Paris close by. When Marie-Laure is twelve years old, the Nazis have taken over Paris, and her father and daughter leave to Saint-Malo, a walled city where Marie-great Laure's uncle lives alone in a tall home by the sea. They may be transporting the most priceless and hazardous treasure in the museum.

Orphan Werner Pfennig grows up in a mining village in Germany with his younger sister, fascinated by a rudimentary radio they discover that transmits news and tales from locations they have never seen or imagined. Werner gains proficiency in creating and maintaining these essential new tools and is hired to use his skill to find the resistance. Doerr skillfully illustrates the ways people attempt to be kind to one another in spite of all circumstances by weaving together the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner.

The breathtakingly beautiful, immediately successful New York Times bestseller by Anthony Doerr is about a blind French girl and a German boy who cross paths in occupied France as they both struggle to survive the destruction of World War II.

My Review

One of the best pieces of writing ever! When I first read the first sentence on their first page, I was taken aback. It's very tidy but also ostentatious. I discovered that I could fully appreciate how lovely a letter is from the writing alone.

The characters and plot in this book are excellent, but I can only give it a rating of four because as the plot developed, I thought it dragged a bit too much and seemed to fill the pace holes with extraneous information. Although it still read nicely, it somewhat kills the book's tone.

Overall, All The Light We Cannot See is a compelling book with a moving narrative.

My ratings score:

★★★★★ Fantastic! Made me go through a lot of emotions & the entire book is incredibly beautifully done! 

★★★★ Memorable! Despite its shortcomings, this book was incredible and taught us a lot. 

★★★ Good work! Nothing particularly remarkable, but still nice.

★★ Meh... Mediocre with great room for improvement.

★ Extremely Poor.