All the light we cannot see!

Father will say, 'What took you so long, bluebird?'

He'll say, 'I will never leave you, not in a million years'

- 'All The Light We cannot See' by Anthony Doerr.

How devastating it is? The whole experience, the experience of reading this magnificent novel.

The first few pages were phlegm, like a pearl inside an old oyster, I was thinking, the novel would carry me in the same way throughout the end. But it broke my heart into pieces and I am never going to touch  the World War II novels for a while.

A blind girl Marie Laure moves to her Great uncle's house in Saint malo with her father. 

A delusional uncle and his loyal maid takes care of her while her father is captured by the German Army. She waits for her father's arrival, she waits and waits in an old attic.

She listens to her uncle when he talks about German codes in the radio, hidden in the attic.

Werner, an intelligent German lad is summoned to track the signals of illegal broadcasts. When a meek voice echoes in his transmitter, it startles him. It is the same old man's voice which talked about scientific theories in the radio, when he was listening with his sister in the orphanage. It reminds him of his childhood, the lost innocence and his empathetic sister.

Over the days, he hears a voice of a young girl, and realises that she is in a danger, whenever he hears that fainting voice screaming, 'Help me', it aches his heart. 

He hides it from others. He desperately wants to save Marie Laure who is hiding in an attic from a German soldier Von Rumpel.

'All the Light we cannot see' connects the paths of Marie Laure and Werner. The brilliant writing style stupefied my wits. Doerr has weaved astounding imagery in an inexplicable storyline. 

Character sketch of Werner's friend Fredrick took my breath way, I cried and smiled for his audacity. Werner's sister Jutta and her empathetic temperament amazed me throughout the book. 

Recommending this brilliant piece to all bookworms! No exceptions, just read!