THE BOOK IN PROGRESS

ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE is so good it's not easy to lay it down and go about one's duties. I'm only just over half way through it. The chapters alternate with Marie-Laure in France and Werner in Germany. But neither of them has yet really seen what this war is really about. However, Werner has occasional doubts about his training at the elite academy he was selected to attend, where every boy has blue eyes and fair hair. 

The action by chapter is not always in chronological order, one of the signs of the author's choice to be different. This difference appeared also in the first book Doerr wrote, a collection of short stories, no quotation marks, as I recall. This current work does without commas in a series and no misunderstanding occurs. Innovation, that's called, whether it's understood or not. In Doerr's case, innovation is a plus. I hope some of you have read this book, are doing so now, or plan to. Don't wait for the movie version.