book sixty-four: All the Light We Cannot See

Sunday 5 June 2016

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr.  The prizegivers love it.  The clamouring hoardes love it.  Australia loves it.  

But do we love it?

We met at Jim & Mari's new house.

Monika brought the shortlist.

Ratings (out of 17):
Tim 15 really enjoyed it 
Mari 10 I liked plot but can't work out what I didn't enjoy. Felt it was "Oscar bait". Didn't like the hook at the end of each chapter.
Angela 15 really enjoyed it. UnderstoodOscar bait comment but don't think it was. Didn't especially like the post-war chapters - could have finished without those.
Wendy 15 as well.  I enjoyed it ..
Terri 14 better than average close to pretty good, took a while to get started.
Monika 14 because found it hard to get engaged and irritated by shorter chapters. But enjoyed it and if there was a movie would go and see it. Perhaps he used the war as a platform.
Joanna abstained as hadn't finished.
Average: 13.8