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A review by 77mimi
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
first and foremost, this book made me cry on the train — i cried the entire way through reading part ten until the end, throat closed up, chest pains and silent tears rolling down my face.
Doerr has such a way of writing things so beautifully yet so painfully, and although, because of the slice-of-life aspect of the book, the story moved slowly at times, he made up for it with such exquisite writing; the only reason this book lost one star was because of the slow pace. [and also slightly because of the weird side story about the stone]
“What the war did to dreamers”
((so many lines in this book made me tear up))
I mourn for Frederick, whose mind and soul were so much kinder than the war required; I mourn for Madame Manec who started dreaming again despite her age; I mourn for childhood the children were deprived of – Marie-Laure, Werner, Jutta, Frederick, Volkheimer, etc.; I mourn for the person Werner may have become had he not been born in an era with war.
Doerr has such a way of writing things so beautifully yet so painfully, and although, because of the slice-of-life aspect of the book, the story moved slowly at times, he made up for it with such exquisite writing; the only reason this book lost one star was because of the slow pace. [and also slightly because of the weird side story about the stone]
“What the war did to dreamers”
((so many lines in this book made me tear up))
I mourn for Frederick, whose mind and soul were so much kinder than the war required; I mourn for Madame Manec who started dreaming again despite her age; I mourn for childhood the children were deprived of – Marie-Laure, Werner, Jutta, Frederick, Volkheimer, etc.; I mourn for the person Werner may have become had he not been born in an era with war.
Content Warnings
Graphic: War and Physical abuse