Reviews

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

iamtaylorhope's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

lisahoeflinger's review

Was not holding my attention.  

kendallsmith1999's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

daniobsessivelyreads's review against another edition

5.0

I decided to read this book while in the middle of watching the new Netflix show. The show is very good, and the book is also good. This may be one of the new times where I recommend the show over the book.

I think seeing it visually adds gravitas to this story. Also, they made a few changes to the story in the show that make more sense than what happened in the book.

As with most World War II stories, it is gruesome and devastating, but this is not my first World War II book. It can be very prosy at times which reminded me a lot of other popular General Fiction like The Midnight Library and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. So, I can see why it has become very popular with General Fiction readers.

lilnuggetmugger's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

snabb1's review

emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

lisa_lsrs's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-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

5.0

tildy08's review

3.0

Although it won a Pulitzer Prize, I found it slightly underwhelming. Beautifully written, however I felt it was missing something. Wouldn't really recommend unfortunately.

knittingwild's review

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

graceannee's review

3.0

DNF

I DNF this book not because I hated it or even really disliked it. I got a little over halfway through and then just couldn't be bothered to read the rest. I just got bored and nothing was happening. Maybe I'll come back and read the rest and if that's the case I will update this review.