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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?

Micah I wasn't disappointed at all, because as the title of the book "all the light we cannot see", it's about the small things happening in real life. It r…moreI wasn't disappointed at all, because as the title of the book "all the light we cannot see", it's about the small things happening in real life. It reflects the fact that good people, bad people, kind people, cruel people all die in the war in some way. Is it fair for Frederick to be named as the weakest? Is it fair for Jutta to be raped during the war? I would say that's what this book want to tell us about, the true nature of war. (less)

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Jill This discussion of fairness ties in with the contained entropy of a system. Werner's death tied to a German-planted land mine works in with energy wan ...more
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LaNise I thought the title was mainly applying to Marie Laure being blind.
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