c_dmckinney 's review for:

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

2.5

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This book was beautifully written but it is about a Nazi who falls in love with a blind girl and the author making a sympathetic Nazi makes me profoundly uncomfortable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War