This book is an amazing piece of literature. It dives into the minds of two children/teens, (Werner a German orphan boy growing and Marie-Laure a French blind girl ) growing up during the take over of Nazi Germany. It shows the hardships of both of the children life and how little choices can change you so much. Anthony Doerr does a beautiful job connecting the stories and make them both obvious and discreet so defiantly the your time with this book. I also recommend making sure you have somewhat of a understanding of World War 2 before you read this book, or else half of the time you will be clueless about why the characters make certain decisions that won't seem logical (etc...). So what I am basically trying to say is if you have even just thought about reading this book READ IT!