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Now I know why many had a problem with the ending.... :/
This was a 'mixed reaction ' book to me. I can't genuinely say that I loved reading it, I can't either say that I did not like it.
What I liked about the book was the lyrical writing, the descriptions, the lethargic prose which soothed my turmoil at reading a war story. I loved Marie and Werner, the two protagonists, belonging to enemy countries.
Through Marie, I could have a small idea [a miniscule idea] of how a blind person goes through ...more
This was a 'mixed reaction ' book to me. I can't genuinely say that I loved reading it, I can't either say that I did not like it.
What I liked about the book was the lyrical writing, the descriptions, the lethargic prose which soothed my turmoil at reading a war story. I loved Marie and Werner, the two protagonists, belonging to enemy countries.
Through Marie, I could have a small idea [a miniscule idea] of how a blind person goes through ...more
“We rise again in the grass. In the flowers. In songs.�
�...the air a library and the record of every life lived, every sentence spoken, every word transmitted still reverberating within it.�
“So how, children, does the brain, which lives without a spark of light, build for us a world full of light?�
And so you wonder about the book how it throws so much light on the beauty in the world in the background of a war. Evocatively written painting pictures that stay with you long after you read the book ...more
�...the air a library and the record of every life lived, every sentence spoken, every word transmitted still reverberating within it.�
“So how, children, does the brain, which lives without a spark of light, build for us a world full of light?�
And so you wonder about the book how it throws so much light on the beauty in the world in the background of a war. Evocatively written painting pictures that stay with you long after you read the book ...more
War shares no sympathy to either part of the counterpart! The boy from Germany and the girl from France,two ordinary individual suffer the same torture triggered by the war.The only fortune in their unfortunate life is that they have dream or belief,the light and the radio,for them are the best things in the darkest time.
Though I had to slog for 30-40% in the middle of the story, the way it is written is quite beautiful. The descriptions of death are masterful. For e.g. [Werner] disappears in a fountain of earth!
4 stars for the excellent writing!
4 stars for the excellent writing!
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