All the Light We Cannot See

by Anthony Doerr | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0007548699 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingearthcaroleannewing of Falkirk, Scotland United Kingdom on 5/24/2018
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Journal Entry 1 by wingearthcaroleannewing from Falkirk, Scotland United Kingdom on Thursday, May 24, 2018
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Journal Entry 2 by wingearthcaroleannewing at Falkirk, Scotland United Kingdom on Thursday, May 24, 2018
For Marie-Laure, blind since the age of six, the world is full of mazes. The miniature of a Paris neighbourhood, made by her father to teach her the way home. The microscopic layers within the invaluable diamond that her father guards in the Museum of Natural History. The walled city by the sea, where father and daughter take refuge when the Nazis invade Paris. And a future which draws her ever closer to Werner, a German orphan, destined to labour in the mines until a broken radio fills his life with possibility and brings him to the notice of the Hitler Youth.

Journal Entry 3 by wingearthcaroleannewing at Falkirk, Scotland United Kingdom on Thursday, May 24, 2018
It has taken me a long time to read this one and I'm not sure why. Unlike others, I liked the short chapters and this usually makes me read a book more quickly. I think it may have been the easy pace of the writing.

I found this book intriguing, and unlike any other war-related novel I’ve read. The story follows the lives of two disparate children, growing up on either side of the second world war conflict. It is beautifully written, from the high drama escape sequences to the subtle depictions of the sound-only world of a blind child. Half way through I thought I could predict how their paths would eventually entwine, what the result would be & how the loose ends would be neatly tied, but I was wrong. War is not neat and the story has an authentic realism to it.

Other reviews I have read don't like the fantasy aspect. I don't think he was writing a fantasy book, he was just mentioning the curse/legend linked to the diamond. Many diamonds have curses including the Koh-i-Noor in the British Crown Jewels and the Hope Diamond which was a blue diamond once owned by the Louis XIV - perhaps the diamond in this story was based on that.

Journal Entry 4 by wingearthcaroleannewing at Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom on Saturday, September 1, 2018

Released 5 yrs ago (9/16/2018 UTC) at Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom

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Adding to my 10th Bookiversary bookbox.

Journal Entry 5 by bookfrogster at Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom on Monday, September 17, 2018
Received in a 10th bookiversary bookbox from earthcaroleanne. Thank you!

Journal Entry 6 by bookfrogster at Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom on Monday, December 3, 2018
I really enjoyed this book. Lots going on in it while maintaining a clear thread throughout. I loved the intertwining stories. Great characters, both the main ones and some of the incidental characters.
Thanks for sharing this one earthcareoleanne. I have rabck plans for it.

Journal Entry 7 by bookfrogster at Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom on Monday, December 3, 2018

Released 5 yrs ago (12/4/2018 UTC) at Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom

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And off it goes as part of the HGG2018 thread. Merry Christmas and happy reading!

Journal Entry 8 by JPix at Southampton, Hampshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Thanks for sending me this HGG gift from my wishlist bookfrogster! I'm looking forward to reading it.

Journal Entry 9 by JPix at Southampton, Hampshire United Kingdom on Monday, August 10, 2020
I enjoyed reading this, it was good to get the different perspectives of WWII from the two main characters and it was nice how they linked up.

Journal Entry 10 by JPix at Southampton, Hampshire United Kingdom on Thursday, March 11, 2021

Released 3 yrs ago (3/12/2021 UTC) at Southampton, Hampshire United Kingdom

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Sent as a RABCK to ETMadrid, enjoy!

Journal Entry 11 by ETMadrid at Rotherhithe, Greater London United Kingdom on Monday, March 15, 2021
How wonderful!! I had actually managed to forget about this surprise offer of this book, so didn't think I was expecting anything in the post. Thank you thank you!!!

I now think that it might have been in my local bookclub zoom meeting back in January that I heard it mentioned. Set in Paris, I am glad that I did add it to my wishlist and that I now have it to read.

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