FrancescaJ , 1 day ago to bookstodon group

I mostly keep track of books on #StoryGraph so I was a little surprised after finishing All The Light We Cannot See by #AnthonyDoerr that of all the people who answered ‘Flaws of characters a main focus’ only 38% said Yes 🤔 I mean Werner is a complex sympathetic character but the ways he is complicit in Nazism is a major driver of the plot. If that ain’t a character flaw I don’t know what is! Nevertheless that complexity is part of why it’s a great book that avoids cliche @bookstodon

The cover of All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. A boy runs down a cobbled alley, wearing black leather shoes & a grey coat - clothing from the WW2 era. The alley is narrow & grey but the end of it creates a vertical plane of light in the picture. The boy is running towards the light