I normally just blog about books for children and young adults, but his month I just have to write about All The Light We Cannot See – the wonderful new book by Anthony Doerr which has taken out the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and a host of other fiction prizes this year.
I simply love this book – it goes down as my favourite read
of the year. In fact, I think I could almost state that this is the best
book I have EVER read!
What’s quite wonderful about this book is its suitability
for readers of all ages: adults, young adults and pre-teens. The two young
protagonists of the story, French born Marie Laure & German born Werner - innocents
in the chaos of wartime – will enchant the hearts of all readers from the very
first chapters.
Senior English students looking for deeper-reading texts
will also find plenty to immerse themselves in. The captivating characters and
cleverly woven plot of this novel make it is easy to see this book becoming a
staple, classic literary text.
All The Light We Cannot See is a sweet, beautifully crafted wartime
story that you’ll never want to come to an end. Each passage is a treasure,
each line a shining piece of literature to be savoured.
Need I say more ?
“Tackling
questions of survival, endurance and moral obligations during wartime, the book
is as precise and artful and ingenious as the puzzle boxes the heroine’s
locksmith father builds for her. Impressively, it is also a vastly entertaining
feat of storytelling.” –New York
Times Book Review
