Melodyz_07 answers “**HUGE SPOILER ALERT** Was anyone else...”

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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?

Melodyz_07 No I think the ending is beautiful because he died. If he had lived, he would have lived a miserable life like Volkheimer haunted by his ghosts. Besid…moreNo I think the ending is beautiful because he died. If he had lived, he would have lived a miserable life like Volkheimer haunted by his ghosts. Besides, this is a war story, I would have been disappointed if all the main characters lived and had their happy ending. It wouldn't have been realistic. Werner's death is a more fitting and realistic ending to such a story. Besides, he had a beautiful ending. He didn't die in a painful way and he died after redeeming himself.(less)

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