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A review by marsapril
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
such a beautiful, beautiful book.
i find the ww2 very interesting, i wanted to inform myself about it through a book, and this one was perfect.
what happens : we follow two stories : werner’s, a german boy, and marie-laure’s, a french girl, who’s blind. the two stories are told in parallel (opposite sides of the war), until marie-laure and werner meet at the end of the book. (don’t expect them to meet sooner, it’s only in the last 100 pages that they have their first interactions)
positive points :
- the writing is beautiful. it’s very poetic, and there are some very powerful sentences.
- short chapters : a chapter is 3 pages maximum, and even if the book is 531 pages long, we get through it easily.
negative points :
- the middle of the book was a bit slow.
- i had trouble mesmorizing the names (mostly of the german officers) because there was so many.
overall, i think this book deserves to be studied in class.
it’s very informative, and it shows that not every german soldier was a “bad guy”. some, like werner, didn’t had the slightest idea of what they were doing, because of the brainwashing.
i find the ww2 very interesting, i wanted to inform myself about it through a book, and this one was perfect.
what happens : we follow two stories : werner’s, a german boy, and marie-laure’s, a french girl, who’s blind. the two stories are told in parallel (opposite sides of the war), until marie-laure and werner meet at the end of the book. (don’t expect them to meet sooner, it’s only in the last 100 pages that they have their first interactions)
positive points :
- the writing is beautiful. it’s very poetic, and there are some very powerful sentences.
- short chapters : a chapter is 3 pages maximum, and even if the book is 531 pages long, we get through it easily.
negative points :
- the middle of the book was a bit slow.
- i had trouble mesmorizing the names (mostly of the german officers) because there was so many.
overall, i think this book deserves to be studied in class.
it’s very informative, and it shows that not every german soldier was a “bad guy”. some, like werner, didn’t had the slightest idea of what they were doing, because of the brainwashing.
Content Warnings
Minor: Rape