All the light we cannot see

Day 6 / 365

Apart from the daily blogs, my other goal for this year is to read more. I started the year off with the Novel “All the Light We Cannot See”. At 540 pages, it's one of the biggest books I have read in a while. But the book is really captivating, and it's hard to put it down once you get started with it.

I don’t usually write book reviews, and I am always worried about giving out spoilers. But I still want to encourage people to read this book, hence I decided to make this blog post.

The book tells the story of two young children, Marie-Laure LeBlanc and Werner Pfennig, who are living in occupied France during World War II. Marie-Laure is blind and lives with her father, a locksmith at the Museum of Natural History in Paris. Werner is an orphan living in a mining town in Germany.

But what sets this book apart from other WWII novels is that it focuses less on the war and more on the lives and inner feelings of its characters. You are shown the hardships that ordinary people had to go through during those times. You feel sad for them but at the same time, their resilience and spirit would restore one’s faith in humanity.

The reader is able to understand their fears, their hopes, and their desires, and this makes the novel all the more poignant and powerful.

Overall, “All the Light We Cannot See” is a heart-wrenching and beautifully written novel that is sure to leave a lasting impression on its readers. It is a testament to the power of love and connection even in the darkest of times.