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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?

Chandré De Wet It seems like Werners death was suicidal. Am I the only one who felt like that is what the author was hinting at.

I was dissappointed in Werner's death…moreIt seems like Werners death was suicidal. Am I the only one who felt like that is what the author was hinting at.

I was dissappointed in Werner's death, suicidal or not. But maybe I'm one of those readers where I feel just sometimes a book that I sat on the edge of my seat the whole way, would have a "happy ending"(less)

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Rebecca Davis I didn't think it was suicide because he seemed delirious and had accidentally walked out into mines before in the book (at the beach when he saw the ...more
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Ariane I agree. I always hope for happy endings, and I was disappointed that the book ended like this.
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