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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?

Sharon I was more upset by the WAY he died. I mean it was foreshadowed earlier when he walked on Juno (?) beach, but to come through all he managed to surviv…moreI was more upset by the WAY he died. I mean it was foreshadowed earlier when he walked on Juno (?) beach, but to come through all he managed to survive only to die like that (at his own hands, finally phased by all the crap that was his "youth", among strangers) made me angry. I think maybe if he had died from an illness or something, I would have been more...at ease.(less)

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