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All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr - ★★★.¼

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AUTHOR: Anthony Doerr GENRE: Historical Fiction PUBLICATION DATE: May 6, 2014 RATING: 3.25 stars. The word "opera" can conduce so many feelings in people. Some find opera inspiring, some find it soporific, yet others might find it bewildering while some simply find it incomprehensible. That doesn't take away anything from opera. It just proves that every person has different tastes and likings and we are all not made to fit in one mould. This same analogy is applicable to books too. Anthony Doeer's "All the Light We Cannot See" to me is opera, but not of the "inspiring" kind. Others may have enjoyed it but I'm still trying to figure out why I stand where where I stand. A fabulously written book, a very atypical storyline, and well-developed characters, and in spite of this all, it still left me feeling meh through most of the read. The book starts slowly and does build up to a crescendo, but staying on course becomes tricky with the multiple pa...