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All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

252 reviews

ssionainn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Sexual violence

amroyer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, and War

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, and Rape

cinnamontwisty's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

The best thing about this book is by far the writing, it feels almost lyrical or poetic. Absolutely gorgeous, like reading a fairy tale. I feel like the characters and the way their stories connected was a bit underwhelming, but still very good. Definitely worth a read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Antisemitism

brookishbrunette's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

helenphu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Violence

Minor: Rape

amblewithme's review against another edition

adventurous sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Rape and Torture

Minor: Vomit

sarawagistrom's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, and War

Minor: Death of parent and Abandonment

carriehaley89's review against another edition

dark inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and War

Moderate: Blood, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Sexual assault

lucyatoz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr is an sweeping epic of storytelling. Marie-Laure LeBlanc has been blind since she was six. Her father is the locksmith at the Museum of National History, and to help her find her way around Paris, he has built her a wooden model, complete with miniature house and storm drains. When the Nazis invade France, they flee Paris to Saint Malo, a port town in Brittney, to the home of her Great-Uncle Etienne, a survivor of World War I, and his housekeeper, Madame Manec.  

In almost alternate chapters, we also learn the story of Werner Pfennig, a German orphan. His father died in the mines and he too is destined to work there, until he find an old broken radio and his life changes forever. He is recruited and sent away to school where he develops his skills in triangulating radio signals. The lives of Marie-Laure and Werner are intertwined in a single day and it is a deeply moving story that the rest of the novel builds towards. 

I had a copy of this novel on my bookshelf and listened to it on BorrowBox. I read this for prompt 25, an author "everyone" has read except you, for the 52 Book Club Reading Challenge 2024.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Violence, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Cursing

ashlynmae311's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, Rape, Violence, Antisemitism, and Grief

Minor: Cancer