Reviews

About Grace by Anthony Doerr

stephbond's review

emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

liz246810's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.5

I struggled with this book. While the prose is beautifully written, it could not help with the subject matter for me. The main character was intensely unlikeable, narcissistic, self absorbed and selfish and I could not find
myself forgiving him for what he
did early in the book. I do not think he deserved to be a parent,  o matter his intentions 

jansbookcorner's review

3.0

Mr. Doerr has what I call a "quiet" writing style. By that I mean that I find myself slowly taking the story in. I enjoy those type stories from time to time. They make me think and reflect. The only thing I didn't like "About Grace" is that it has a lot of scientific references to weather - clouds, snowflakes, rain, etc. I know there were a lot of metaphors in these discussions, but after a while, I found myself reading the words in those sections but not really thinking about them. Otherwise, a good book.

jfinch07's review

challenging emotional reflective slow-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? Yes

3.75

This is definitely not a book that I would normally read, but I ended up liking it pretty well in the end. The beginning started off super slow so it was tough to get into but once I did I really loved seeing the character development. In the end, not much happened in the plot but the complexities of the characters still made it a worthwhile read.

andalucia's review

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

lastpaige111's review

5.0

Exquisite.

waynediane's review

3.0

Definitely not All the light you can see. It was an okay book.

acmccloskey's review

3.0

I ADORED All the Light We Cannot See and so I was looking forward to reading this, his first novel. The story didn’t grab me the same way at first - maybe I just wasn’t in the right mindset - I became impatient with the detailed descriptions of everything, as beautiful as they were. But there were several passages that stopped me in my tracks and by the end I was completely won over.

gooddogvegas's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

tomgenue's review

emotional reflective sad 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

4.5