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**HUGE SPOILER ALERT** Was anyone else as disappointed as I was with Werner's death? I was so mad after reading it. I thought it was pointless and dissatisfying, almost like Doerr was done with him after he and Marie-Laure met, though I'm sure the author thought long and hard about it. Any thoughts?

Whit In the very beginning before chapter 1 Werner remembers a song lyric from his childhood. “Only through the hottest fires can purification be achieved.…moreIn the very beginning before chapter 1 Werner remembers a song lyric from his childhood. “Only through the hottest fires can purification be achieved.” This scene occurs right before the hotel is bombed, so not far from his death. When he died I kind of wondered if he did it on purpose or accident, and it seems clear after retreading this line that it was no accident. Maybe he wanted to purify his sins by sacrificing himself on the land mine. (less)

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