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Secret Beach Boyfriend in the newest installment from The Independence Island Series (book 3) and it did not disappoint! It can be read as a standalone. Kari Trumbo is a new to me author and I enjoyed her writing style. She brought more of the Merriweather Islands to life with great descriptions and new friends!
      I loved Annie and Rafe, their chemistry was fun, engaging, and well laid out. Kari Trumbo covered some tough topics with them and integrated them in a compelling and straightforward way. From a dysfunctional family to OCD I enjoyed the dynamics of the characters and the interesting plot. A great addition to The Independence Island Series.
    I give this book 4 out of 5 stars for the creative characters, the emotional tugs, and for pointing the reader back to Christ.
*I volunteered to read this book in return for my honest feedback. The thoughts and opinions expressed within are my own.
  
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Chloe (778 KP) rated All the Light We Cannot See in Books

Apr 3, 2021 (Updated Apr 3, 2021)  
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics
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8.4 (14 Ratings)
Book Rating
Fantastic characters (1 more)
Beautifully written
Long (1 more)
Slow in the middle
Unnecessarily long
So this is not my usual genre, but all the rave reviews plus a few recommendations from friends led me to read it.

The writing is so immersive, Marie- Laure's blindness allows for Anthony Doerr to really up the descriptive language and this truely helped bring the streets of Paris and Saint Malo to life for me. I love her relationship with her friends and family too.

I did not take as much of a liking to Warner, I'm not sure if this is due to the writing style changing slightly during his storyline.

The flicking between time frames is quite frustrating and I personally feel unnecessary. I found the middle third very long and slow. Plus the last third was underwhelming because it became obvious how they would meet 150 pages before they do.

I disliked that there meeting was so fleeting but I lived the simple circularity of the whole story.