I think what I liked most was how often people are saved - saved from grief, saved from their demons, saved from their own indifference and saved from themselves. Even WITH those things, there is so much that is startling in its beauty. Even though there is horrible violence that is really upsetting. There is too, too much good in this book for me to not give it 5 stars, even though something happened that made me want to throw my Kindle across the room. We sometimes have to look for the good and the peace that comes from a hard situation that we didn’t choose. But with some years and some heartache of my own under my belt, I know now that we don’t always get to pick what happens to people. I think a younger me would’ve said yes, that this book only gets 4 stars because I wanted the plot to wrap up differently. Can I rate a book less because things didn’t happen how I thought they should? Is it fair to an author to discount the power of a book because certain characters’ lives turn out differently than a reader would want? Since I finished reading it yesterday I have had to give myself some time to really think about this. Meaning, things happened I just didn’t like. I’m feeling particularly torn because it didn’t end how I wanted it to. Some parts were so poignant and exquisite that they brought tears to my eyes, usually the moments of stunning beauty amid the carnage and heartache of war.
The way all these different people find each other - the pain they both inflict and heal and the light they are capable of bringing, the specific beautiful things which can bring joy, no matter the circumstances - these are the things that make this book incredibly lovely.
As we move back and forth in time and place, we see the war through the eyes of both those in the Reich and the French Resistance. These characters and their experiences during the horror of World War II are what make up the story of All the Light We Cannot See. A gemologist, desperately searching for something.Ī veteran of the first World War, lost in his demons.
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