I picked this book up because I have a mild (huge) obsession with WWII fiction; not fiction about the war itself, but stories about people who lived during the war and whose lives were altered and shaped by it. As soon as I'd read the description I knew I needed to read it. Like right now. 
 All The Light We Cannot See follows two teens, Marie-Laure and Werner, whose lives are drastically and permanently changed by war. Marie-Laure, who went blind at a young age, is forced to flee her home in Paris with her father because of the German invasion. Werner, a German orphan, is sent off to a prestigious military academy because he is exceptionally adept at fixing radios. The two are complete strangers who share a connection neither are aware of, but which is gradually pulling them closer together as the war goes on. 
 To put it simply: I absolutely adored this book. It is beautifully written, the two vastly different stories intertwining in ways I did not initially expect. There are a number of moments throughout the book where the thread stitching their lives together becomes visible, and while it is never anything particularly dramatic it is so satisfying and exciting to start recognizing the connections between these two otherwise utterly separate narratives. I love the moment in a book where things suddenly click together and the bigger picture is revealed, so I loved reading through this book searching for those connection points, and I loved even more how Doerr chose to make those connections. 
 You would expect a book that skips entire months at a time as this one does to sacrifice a certain level of character development in the process, but despite only being given select scenes of each of their lives we are still given fully developed, complex characters with their own quirks and tendencies. I really enjoyed Marie-Laure's perspective in particular. While the book does not shy away from the disadvantages she suffers from her blindness, particularly in the chapters during the siege of Saint-Malo, the narration also emphasizes how incredibly bright she is and how she is able to adapt to her new normal, albeit not without some struggle and frustration. 
 Beautiful story. Beautiful characters. Beautiful writing. I cannot say enough nice things about this book. 
 So really, children...all light is invisible. 
 For those who have already read it: 
 (view spoiler)[ Maybe I am naive, but I totally did not see Werner's death coming. I literally sat up in bad going "no. no. no. no. no." and kept hoping it would jump to him in a hospital permanently scarred but alive. I realize that the book is detailing the impact the war had on all involved, and how difficult it was to attempt to return to any semblance of "normal" even after it had finished, and all the terrible consequences it had, but damn I just was not expecting that. 
 I was really happy that the story did come back to Jutta. I was sad we did not see more of her- she had seemed so important in the beginning- so I was glad that it did return to her at the end. (hide spoiler)]