A review by sarahsays
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
3.0
Beautifully written story -- especially from the perspective of Marie Laure, one of the main characters, who is blind. Doerr also did well painting in shades of gray around the subject of war, so that you really saw the human in the act.
But I couldn't help feeling as I read on that I wanted more. I wanted more to happen. And I especially wanted more interaction between the two point of view characters. It took over 3/4 of this long book for them to meet, and then it was a short meeting. It would have been interesting to plum the depths of a relationship there between a young German soldier and a young French girl. It didn't have to me a romance--I'm not asking for that--but something a little more would have been nice.
At this point in my life, I'm reading for emotional connection. Beauty only goes so far. And this, while it was full of gorgeous and admirable writing, didn't quite hit home the way it could have.
But I couldn't help feeling as I read on that I wanted more. I wanted more to happen. And I especially wanted more interaction between the two point of view characters. It took over 3/4 of this long book for them to meet, and then it was a short meeting. It would have been interesting to plum the depths of a relationship there between a young German soldier and a young French girl. It didn't have to me a romance--I'm not asking for that--but something a little more would have been nice.
At this point in my life, I'm reading for emotional connection. Beauty only goes so far. And this, while it was full of gorgeous and admirable writing, didn't quite hit home the way it could have.