A review by isabellarobinson7
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

4.0

Rating: 4 stars

I really like this book! As soon as I started All the Light We Cannot See, I felt like I was reading The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, which I am not complaining about because I really liked that book too. It did take me awhile to get into this book though, and I found it really confusing how the time kept jumping all over the place, from the 1930's to 1944.

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I was so sad when Werner died, he was defiantly my favourite character. I loved how he had white, white hair and he was always recognized for it (it reminded me of Rudy who was always referred to as the boy with hair the colour of lemons) and that he loved science despite the other people around him making fun of him for it.

One of the most frustrating thing for me as a reader was that

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by the time that Werner and Marie-Laure's stories finally intersected, they only spent one day together before they were separated again! I just wanted them to be with each other as friends or significant others or whatever, I didn't really care! I just wanted them to be together and it would make the whole lead up (which was a whole decade or something) so worth it.

That being said, I really loved how

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Werner's sister met Marie-Laure at the end of the novel.

It felt like the book had come in a full circle!

The writing was a real highlight for me in this book, how the narrator remained apart from the characters while still maintaining a strong connection with each and every one of them. Anthony Doerr's descriptions were so in depth and wonderfully done, and coming from a person who usually likes dialogue more than anything else in a book, that means they really were that good.

I also really like the cover. Like, look at it: [bc:All the Light We Cannot See|18143977|All the Light We Cannot See|Anthony Doerr|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1451445646l/18143977._SY75_.jpg|25491300]