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Elizabeth asked this question about All the Light We Cannot See:
**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?
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Elyse I agree completely. He enjoyed some redemption when he saved Marie Laure and resisted the pull of the Sea of Fire, but what kind of a life would he ha ...more
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Katelyn I also read it as a suicide-type decision. Especially with the recollection of his father's death, Volkheimer's voice trailing in his head of "what yo ...more
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All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author)
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