Great book
Odin Sayle
29-10-2025
I read this book because of my love for history. I appreciated the double perspective, as it let the reader see what the same indecent looked to either side. This book was super easy to follow, and brought me joy opening it. I hope to read again from this author in the future.
Artfully written with blissful expression
jesskenzim
01-10-2025
Artful, sensitive writing that provides for a visceral reading experience. The expressive detail it outstanding. The clever timelines are enthralling. Amazing author.
Wonderful
cust12.238
05-08-2025
Beautiful book. I was just hoping for a different ending .
So good you'll only want to read it once
LizaJaneLJB
05-03-2025
Such an easy read, and yet so moving and thought-provoking at the same time. Excellent book, hard to call something on such a serious topic entertaining, but I couldn't put it down.
Doerr’ best book
Scott's take on things
02-11-2024
I loved Cloud Cookoo land but All the Light was even better.
Love
eugorrekooh
31-08-2024
Loved this book and the Netflix series
Wow!
willbehollywood
18-05-2024
This book captured my heart! It’s beautifully written and narratively, structured in such an interesting way. I originally bought this as something to read and digest slowly. However, once I started reading, I couldn’t put it down and finished it almost immediately!
Don’t sleep on this one
ccorta08
17-05-2024
This took me a few chapters to get into it. Such a beautiful story of all the perspectives we don’t think about when thinking of WWII. Highly recommend.
Very good
🍆🍠🥨🦴🥩
05-04-2024
This book had short chapter and left me wanting to read more and never put it down!
Not a favorite book
pumper SLM
23-02-2024
This book goes on and on and on until I just started to skim through it to get to the end . I would say it was not my favorite book and would really not RECOMMEND IT, unless you like slow and extremely depressing books.
All the light....
Nancy38
18-02-2024
Lovely
One of my favorites of all time!
iAmBrittKnee
08-02-2024
I would highly recommend giving this a read. You’ll want to start it over when you’re done!
Good story
Podcast187
05-02-2024
Slow and dry in the middle but overall good book with a good plot
Very Sad
Beth Proko
19-01-2024
I’m sure many aspects of this story are similar to what so many people sadly endured during the war so I kept reading. But it was really a tough one to get through for me personally.
Stunning Novel
Joseph Ramirez-Trejo
07-01-2024
What Anthony Doerr achieves with his novel “All the Light We Cannot See” is a beautifully written story of the way human lives can intertwine. In a story that is filled with friendships, tragedy and heartwarming, yet heartbreaking suspense you will not be disappointed. It deals with the haunting of the daily lives of wartime from the perspective of the citizens and the soldiers. I greatly appreciate the story that Doerr puts forth while also recognizing the wreckage that was World War Two.
Didn’t want it to end.
amolioli
02-12-2023
I absolutely loved this book.
Mesmerizing…
Sag librarian
29-11-2023
A worthwhile read and a rapturous tale.
Deeply Satisfying — Better when Shared. Read it to someone you love.
Singshell
28-11-2023
Beautiful prose. Haunting characters. Intricate and well-constructed plot. I’ll be thinking about these places and people for a long time.
Excelente Libro e Historia de la segunda Guerra Mundial
JAZL60
21-11-2023
Intensa Lectura,
I couldn’t put it down
schlartt
10-11-2023
I blew through this book in a day because I couldn’t bring myself to stop. An absolute masterpiece that everyone should read
Well Written
MeCooter
10-11-2023
A well written story. I enjoyed reading this book.
Brilliant work
danielgromit
10-11-2023
The author set up the story at the time of WWII, and a little known small town St Malon in France. The creation of this novel around a blind girl Marie, a diamond, and a German soldier who was listening to Marie’ s uncle radio broadcasting of love and truth. Actually this radio was used as communication of local resistance. The whole story is intriguing which makes me cannot stop reading in one breath.
Powerful story
Jules-lovesto-read
13-10-2023
This will teach you so much about history. Read the book before you watch the movie on Netflix. The book will be better for sure.
All the Light We Cannot See
rtfuihdse
07-10-2023
What an incredible story! 5 stars! I loved it! WWII was a big thing with so many different aspects. The author did well at tying them together, I thought.
Best book I’ve read in 10 years
SocarSquid
24-09-2023
Can’t say enough about how good this novel is.
Good but long
CarlyM15
17-07-2023
This book was not as entertaining as I thought it would be based on the reviews and Pulitzer Prize. At times, it was very hard to follow and there were so many unanswered questions and story lines. I’m sure that was intentional but it frustrated me. I still gave it 3 stars because the writing was incredible. However, it didn’t need to be so long either. The author dragged out many scenarios using great literary techniques but it didn’t add much to the storylines.
Need to read
sethb523
12-07-2023
This book is amazing and you must read it! The chapters are quick and different character POVs keep it interesting. Great insights as well on WW2 and how many lives were affected and claimed.
Beautifully written
this girl Shanna
18-06-2023
If you like books like the book thief, the kite runner, where the crawdads sing, this one is for you. Beautifully written
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
amandax345
20-04-2023
So well written can’t wait for the show!!
The last paragraph! Splendid!
Kdub!
22-03-2023
The title captured me and reading with an open mind, a piece of art in written prose.
Bravo!
ALL THE LIGHT WE CA NOT SEE
hcclc
24-12-2022
EVEN BETTER THAN THE REVIEWS
Slow and disjointed
Scalinni
13-12-2022
Horribly slow to develop. I didn’t like bouncing between stories.
READ THIS BOOK!!!!
heldberg1027
20-09-2022
Omg. Still sobbing. This is a book I see myself coming back to for years to come. Seriously, get this book
All the light we cannot see
franceen queen
19-08-2022
It was a fascinating intertwined story of love life and the hardships of war I truly loved this book as I loved all his others
I miss these characters already
Kc36+
06-08-2022
Such a great journey.
All The Light We Cannot See
Mwcunnin
25-07-2022
I am a black and white thinker. I’m trying to see gray. This book perfectly nuances all it means to be human. It offers a honest perspective from every side. This is one of those books that can change you. If you let it. I will read it again in a few years. Just brilliant.
Very black story. Could not finish it.
TTTTTTTTTTGGGGGGGGGG
08-06-2022
This just kept getting more and more depressing and I finally had to put it down. Maybe it ended on a high note but not willing to endure any more
The Best Book
Sharon in Whitehaven
13-02-2022
This is among my favorite books ever written. After reading Cloud Cuckoo Land, I read the Memory Wall and then re-read this. I’ve no doubt I will read it again sometime in future. It completely draws me in. I especially enjoy reading his work on my electronic device, so I have immediate access to on-line materials including dictionaries (his command of the languages is exquisite and nuanced). I am grateful to Mr. Doerr.
Unique storyline
arich0815
09-02-2022
Interesting twist on the storyline from the perspective of both German and French sides. I agree with other reviews that it was often hard to follow the timelines and often found myself having to re-read chapters to make sure I understood. Will make for a beautiful movie.
Keeping hope alive
CDM-Ramon
05-02-2022
Vivid storytelling combined with a story structure built like a pyramid to take the reader to a level of comprehension only possible in the very best fiction. Doerr mixes the most beautiful and grotesque of human behavior together without losing the message that we should all keep hope alive.
A shameful degradation of blind women
dogs see for me
19-01-2022
A shameful degradation of blind women and girls. No excuses after all the progress that has been made.
Are there wholesome people who really think that blind girls and women who have everything else going for them except their eyesight need to be bathed by their daddies? Is it really possible that in the 21st-century, we could imagine such horrific misinformation coming out of World War II? I lived in Germany and spoke with elderly blind women. There was nothing like this in what they described.
A book like this could give a pervert excuses in handling someone who isn’t sighted.
Is it really what it looks like, that an author with a lot of other books in tow can then squirt out a quagmire and call it a Rose Garden?
A masterpiece of connection
In2MeUC
04-01-2022
There is a great deal that I like about this book and Doerr’s other novels, but two things particularly stand out: Doerr connects his characters through time, space, ideas, books, common passions and war. Their connection drives the story and it’s suspense. And in this novel and “Cuckoo”, it is the children who navigate the cyclone of moral dilemmas set upon them by the adult world. Also, much of the best imagery and insight is related from a child’s perspective which gives it an undeniable freshness and transcendence.
All the light we cannot see
SCM Realtor
23-12-2021
A long and sad telling of such a horrific event. This book was very “wordy” with a lot of historical and geographical details that all led to an awful ending that was probably all too often true of war. Sad nonetheless. Not a pleasant journey for me.
Worth Every Minute
Springer Hiker
22-12-2021
Excellent story providing insight into the horrors of war from many perspectives while celebrating the light that survives even the darkest moments. There are no winners in war but good will prevail over the long haul. To believe otherwise is to give up.
Love
Farleyi
30-11-2021
Simply Amazing
Superb
juliusa
12-11-2021
Excellent book. Read it. Highly moving and important.
All the light we cannot see
Bee britches
28-10-2021
This was an excellent book well written historically accurate and I couldn’t put it down thank you James or Appleton Junior MD
Beautiful
marfy17
20-07-2021
What a great book!
Nice stpry
laonaharley
19-07-2021
Nice story however it did become predictable and redundant towards the end.
Couldn’t put it down
urmom1994
30-06-2021
This book has everything from love, adventure, and heartbreak spun into one amazing story!
