All the light we cannot see by Anthony Doerr
All the light we cannot see By Anthony Doerr Rating :4/5 Genres : Historical Fiction, World War 2, Germany, France. Its a beautiful story. Although it has some sad and deeply troubling aspects to it, the overall detached tone the narrator takes makes it bearable and informative. The plot alternates between the years 1940 where preparations for an upcoming war are going on and 1944 when the war is taking place in full force in Saint Malo, France. There are three main characters in the plot - one is a blind girl Marie LaRue whose childhood is shaped and nurtured by her loving father, the second is a mathematical and physics genius Werner who works for the German army but years for his sister and home where things are less violent, third is an old gem collector for the German army/museum and is suffering from a malignant tumor. Their paths evolve separately but there are subtle links occasionally before they get together under one roof battling the same war an...