All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr 
 Rating: (Reviewed in January 2017) 
 The story has some good elements and the writing in itself is good, but the execution was lacking. I didn't like the short chapters and the constant jumps in time, the subplot about the cursed Sea of Flames could have been handle better (I didn't make the connection between what Von Rumpel the Nazi officer was searching for and the rumours Marie-Laure had heard in the museum when she was younger until very late in the story). I liked Marie-Laure and Werner and was looking forward to the moment where they would cross paths, but I was disappointed that they parted ways almost immediately (and by what happened to Werner shortly after). 
 What I liked: 
 - Marie-Laure being blind, but still enjoying books and exploring the city 
 - Marie-Laure's great-uncle Etienne and their part in the resistance 
 - Werner and Volkheimer's friendship 
 - the setting of Saint-Malo 
 What I didn't like: 
 - the whole cursed jewel subplot and reading from Von Rumpel's point of view 
 - Werner's sister Jutta's rape (it doesn't add anything to the story) 
 "Her hands move ceaselessly, gathering, probing, testing. [...] To really touch something, she is learning--the bark of a sycamore tree in the gardens; a pinned stag beetle in the Department of Etymology; the exquisitely polished interior of a scallop shell in Dr. Geffard's workshop--is to love it." - Part One: 1934 - Key Pound