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Ratings: 3/5 stars ★★★☆☆
Diana Peterfreund presents you Jane Austen’s Persuasion…with a twist!!
That was my initial reaction, but as it turns out, this book is not as terrible as I thought it would be.
Before I get into this review, let me make it clear that I am a huge Jane Austen fan. That being said, Persuasion is the only book by Jane Austen Continue reading “Review: For Darkness Shows The Stars by Diana Peterfreund”
5 out of 5 stars: ★★★★★
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Without a doubt, the most haunting story I have ever read.
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This book is more than a story about the Second World War. Following the stories of a sixteen-year-old blind Parisian named Marie-Laure LeBlanc and an eighteen-year-old incredibly talented German named Werner Pfennigg, All The Light We Cannot See drives home the senselessness of wars and the loss of innocence and great minds for something as trifle as want of power.