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

challenging emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

3.75

Beautifully written, but very slow and a bit too atmospheric for my tastes. I could have done without the diamond subplot. I think almost the same story could have been written without that and lost nothing.

I liked the MCs and the ways in which their paths collided.

I liked this, but I thought I would like it a lot more. I believe it was just a combination of 1) too much atmosphere/too little action and 2) me not being in the right headspace for historical fiction at the moment.

Maybe I'll appreciate it more on a reread sometime in the next few years.