“When I lost my sight, Werner, people said I was brave. When my father left, people said I was brave. But it is not bravery; I have no choice. I wake up and live my life. Don’t you do the same?” :((((((
He was definitely a memorable character for me and I always wonder what kind of life he could've had if he'd given up and allowed himself to be sent home. He was the bravest little dude there!!!! "You're problem, Werner," says Fredrick, "is that you still believe you own your life." 😭😭😭 thanks for bringing back the pain Cindy. You're the best. 😭😭😭💔
I did German history for a while before switching to focus on Africa, and I think that this book offered us a perspective of Germany that is often lost; and that is the diversity of voices, classes, and situations that belong to the Weimar Period and the Third Reich. Doerr examines complicity and guilt in a way I believe is important for non-German readers to understand. As a Canadian, I know nobody in my country has EVER been faced with the choices and stakes that Germans were during this time, and therefore I think books like these are incredibly important for us to read. I am glad you were able to sympathize with Werner - truly, as you said, the ultimate soft boi. I think he is a critical character. Also Marie-Laure was cool or whatever
YES i totally agree!! i loved how werner's complicity and guilt was handled and that despite the awful situation you could understand where he was coming from due to his upbringing and class, WITHOUT excusing nazis.
@@withcindy Definitely! I think it is important that this book teaches you the difference between someone enlisted and exploited by the Third Reich, and an ideological Nazi. Werner isn't a Nazi, but he does hold some guilt and complicity.
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i used to think i didn’t cry reading, cut to me sobbing in my room for legit 30 minutes after i finished the last page of this book. great times (it really was, read this book, it’s amazing)
I never cry while reading books. NEVER. Even Fred's death didn't make me tear up (I was mad and sad tho). But this book, man. When Werner died, I was already holding back tears but then it was revealed he let the diamond go GOD, I was destroyed completely.
*Spoilers* The fact Werner never met Jutta again? The fact that Marie never met her father again? WHY DID ANTHONY HURT US LIKE THAT? HE REALLY HATES US...
SPOILER! Right? Like the thing that was most heartbreaking about the book for me was the fact that marie laure never even met werner again and he was essentially almost forgotten...also the fact that the mine was german
@@artemis1796 that's the point of the book right? All the light we cannot see, all the war stories that remain untold, never to be a part of history we know, and forgotten.
Spoilers⚠️ The thing that made me sad the most was how pure & simple Werner’s & Marie’s dreams were but sadly could never be because of the war. Somewhere in another world Marie & Werner are together reading books underneath a willow tree in love. And when they go home their loved ones are waiting.
This review makes me want to reread this book. I read it almost a year and a half ago and Werner and Marie-Laure still hold special places in my heart.
i had to read this book my freshman year, and i think the page deadlines and essays really ruined my experience :/ we had the opportunity to facetime anthony doerr, however, which was such an interesting experience!
people have been telling me to read this book for a year and a half and I STILL HAVENT DONE IT GAH "the only pastry we're eating is depression" honestly... same "he'll never know the answers because he doesn't have google" I... I can't decide whether to be sad or laugh
This might be the best book I've ever read. Not only is the story itself absolutely amazing but the writing in this book is out of this world. 100/10 stars
AHH I STARTED READING THIS BC OF THIS VIDEO AND I HAVE 30 PAGES LEFT AND WHEN I BOUGHT IT, IT LADY AT THE CASH REGISTER LOOKED AT ME AND SAID “oh this book will tear you to shreds” and she was right. im not okay
my comment contains spoilers just so you know: adored this book and the writing and the characters. totally agree on the negative aspects you mentioned tho: it is pretty slow and I was so sad that we did not get more scenes between those two soft babies. like I was waiting this whole time for these star crossed lovers to finally get together and realize that they're soulmates and then… well… spoiler alert cause i was let down. I also gotta say that the ending kind of came out of left field for me. I did not expect that at all and was not really vibing with it. idk I just expected more. When he died I was so shocked that I could not even cry. I expected the next chapter to tell me that he survived and everything is fine and I will get my endgame, but that obvioulsy did not happen. I did not even receive an afterlife endgame.. life sucks, man
Oh yeah, that's exactly how I felt, I just stared out the window for a few minutes and didn't cry until Jutta confirmed it was real, then I cried for like 40 minutes
I finished this in a park and I swear I was MAD, I checked, again and again, thinking I must've misread, and the rest of the book was so hard to finish, I couldn't stop saying WERNER under my breath again and again and everyone was like???? I couldn't function for two days. So yeah, would I do that all again? YES.
I’m living for the timing of this with my study break! Also, “...and he’ll never know these answers coz he doesn’t have google.” **I DIED** I had to repeat that 3x
we had to read this book for my ap lit class this year, and honestly i was skeptical because I usually do not like being forced to read and annotate but... I absolutely loved this book and I honestly loved annotating it and getting to discuss it? the amount of layers in it just absolutely blew me away, with the symbolism between the whole cursed stone, Frederick and the birds, and the whole thoughts behind the theme of sight vs blindness, fate and free will. also the characters!! It's such a beautiful, beautiful book and i love to hear that you love it too!
I just finished the book yesterday and now I'm watching everything I can find about it in youtube because I loved it and absolutely adore the characters. Your video and the way you talk about this book just made me shiver with emotion and joy for this story.
i remember finishing this while i was on break at work and needing to hide in the bathroom so no one would see me balling my eyes out😂😂I totally agree that it was pretty slow, it took me almost two months to finish it but by the time i got to the end I was actually really glad that I got to follow the characters and get to know them for their entire lives
I'm reading this right now and I'm dying for his descriptions. They're so so simple and direct, but so evocative and effective. I'm really impressed. And the characters are so endearing and smart, it's impossible not to love them.
I love how much character intelligence and supportive families can make such a big difference in a book. I feel like they stick out even more to me when reading these days just because I read so much YA and, generally speaking, those stories revolve around teens being stupid with families that don't care. Don't get me wrong, I obviously enjoy those because I continue to read YA, but boy does it feel like a breath of fresh air when you get the opposite. I've seen this book float around but have never actually took the time to find out what it is about, so thank you for finally perking my curiosity.
This book literally ripped my heart out...it's been a couple of years since I've read it and now I think I need to relive that pain again! Such a beautiful book 😭
i read this book a couple of months after it was published because i was intrigued by the synopsis and it being a historical fiction. thanks for reminding me of this beautiful book because i'm rereading it asap!! hope i cry like a bitch this time around because when i was 14 i didn't shed a tear 😌
This book is so incredible and emotional, it's one of my favourite books I've ever read and was my yearbook quote. 💙 Its just stuck my heart and is so important to me!
I read this book when I was 14 because my grandmother gave it to me, and I loved it so fucking much. I loved the plot twist about the radio station german boi listened to as a kid, and there were some parts that sucker-punched me to the gut so hard. I also love the side story about the stone, idk I just love weird magic XD. The ending though. I was reading it on a road trip when it hit and I literally closed the book and stared out the window for minutes not wanting to believe it, and when I couldn't delude myself anymore I cried for like half a fucking hour.
Oh my god “No more croissants for you” Less than a minute in and i already laughed my ass off Cindy. Girl. Yes. TREASON PASTRIES 🥮 bahaha I do like that this novel talks about toxic masculinity. And omg a soft sad boy?! That’s hard hitting....
Skipping this one because i want to know nothing about the book but, still supporting!!! ♥♥♥ I just got the book so i'll probably be reading it next week!
i read all the light we cannot see because of this video and i don’t think any other book has ever made me cry as hard as i cried while reading its last hundred pages.
DUUUDE, this book is so good and not enough people have read it. I agree with everything you said and am sooooo glad that someone else feels the same way!
I read this earlier last year and I didn't know much about it, I also thought I'd see them interact sooner but they way it happened after everything made it even more special.
I'm amused by the fact that you propped the book up instead of holding it :- ) I put this book down after a few chapters but I might try it again because you deserve all the croissants for this review :- )
Rereading this book before the movie and had to revisit this review! I love that you quoted one of my favorite lines - about the comfortable silence lovers are supposed to share.
this made me so happy to hear you loved this book!! i think i read somewhere it took AD like 10 years of research or something nuts. i loved it too and cried so hard i got a headache, lol.
Just Finished reading it the other day , And until now I still feel bad about it. 😭 It's so beautifully Sad and heartbreaking. 💔 Oh, and I also agree with you, I wanted them both to have a longer interaction, and more time together. I'm so frustrated, they never even got a chance to know each other well. 😭
I water our plants every afternoon and it usually takes me about 30 minutes so I was like, why not listen to an audiobook while at it right? So I found this book, started listening to it about last month and I just really enjoyed listening to it while watering our plants. The narrator was amazing too so I was so immersed in both of their lives. When i discovered the the last hundred pages is wrenching and there are only few hours left in the audiobook I decided to read the book. I just finished it today and I just--- the writing is so beautiful. It really felt like I was there with Marie and Wenner. The way the characters are written is so amazing, it was as if they are real people with their own stories to tell. I agree that the protagonists interactions are so small and if there were more, it would have made the end of the book more painful. Anyway, truly a great read. ps. I don't have anyone to talk to about this book so I quickly searched for you and comment down my thoughts so, sorry for the long comment.
I think I love you! Also, this book is my absolute favorite book in the world!!!!!! I had never been able to say one book was my favorite until I read this
So pleased you've done a review of this! I read it recently and loved it. Please read We Are Not Ourselves. I finished it, sobbing. It was just beautiful 🙏🏻
Came back here after finishing this masterpiece. I did not bawled my eyes out but my hearts just shattered into pieces 😭 Thank you for the light hearted non spoiler review of this book.
I listened to the audio version this book last year and loved it! It was equal parts inspiring and heartbreaking. Oh precious, precious Bird Boy. I'm still mad about what happened to him! That ending though..... I was hoping for a happier one.
I loveeee this book. I'm also not usually a reader of historical fiction myself, but man did I bawl my eyes out at this one. My soft sons Werner and Frederick! Must protect! Ah, yes, Werner's journal... "He's just such a fucking nerd, but he'll never know these answers because... he doesn't have Google." :''') I think I really want to pick this book up again from the library for a reread as it's been a few years. Thanks for making me remember all the times I've cried over this book and these wonderful characters.
it's so sad because if werner had been born in a different time he would've fulfilled his dreams and had google to answer all his nerdy ass questions :'(
Gosh I'm in the middle of reading the book and it was really slow paced and got me kinda lagging to pick up the book lately, woah you made me really looking forward to the ending. Your book review literally saved my shitty day. Lysm.
readwithcindy oh really? I didn’t hear anything other that it was a must read and I am on the ‘must read’ bandwagon. I still think of the characters very often and I intend to reread it whenever I’m ready for constant water streaming down from my eyes. It’s also very cleverly made with a new concept I haven’t seen elsewhere (me personally). The very start is like ‘uh what?’ but once you get it.. 🤯! I think it deserve its place in modern classic and ought to be read, at least for discussion purpose 😇
Well look no more ! I cried 1/3 in until the end on the book thief without stopping. Also even more cry worthy and it's a real story is 'The tatooist of Auschwitz' 😭@@withcindy
This is the oldest book on my TBR (literally bought it in 2014, didn’t read it, and it’s survived ever unhaul I’ve done). I’m picking it up and finally reading it, damnit! 🙌🙌
I'm very bad with historical books, old books or books about war but you make this sound really interesting that I feel like I have to consider it eventually.
I just started reading this book, and I bought it based on just hearing “it was good.” I didn’t know the plot, the setting, etc. I started realizing this might be a book that will make me cry... so I searched book review, and your title confirmed my suspicion. You are cracking me the fuck up though 😂 if I ever join a book club, I need you in it.
! I'm so happy you gave this book its own video/5 stars! Avoided reading it for ages because I normally can't do WW2 books (supplemental depression? No thanks! 🙃), but now it's one I recommend to everyone I know...one of my favourite descriptions from the blind girl's point of view is when she's walking behind Madame Manec and describes her as a rose bush buzzing with life (or something like that).
I just finished this book today and I think I need a therapist because the way this book mentally tortured me and yet I couldn't keep it down the fact that Marie and werner meet each other just for few hours but the way author showed it was way too beautiful, like they have known each other from ages... But one thing that disappointed me was that Anthony should have added some more interactions between these two.. Loved the book so far.. Totally worth reading 💗
My best friend got me this book she said it's amazing I read a chapter of it, got so bored but then i saw your review on goodreads, and honestly i read everything you read at this point because I fucking love your videos, and here am I finished the book and crying like a little bich in a corner of my room over this book.
I have no time for any other books that will induce crying, as I’m currently reading Crooked Kingdom. The bandage scene and the scene with the mallet and Inej?? My causes of death, the root of my depression
Ok, I don't usually watch book reviews unless they're breaking down their lists of favorites but then I came across you right when I finished this book yesterday coz I don't have anyone to talk to about it. I love your review and exactly same feels with both the main characters. They only have few moments and I thought they were gonna end up together! 😭 I didn't cry but I teared up only because I read the Nightingale before this and that just broke my heart in a thousand pieces. You should read it and make a review. It's such an amazing book and I used to not read historical fiction either until Nightingale and now that's the only genre I wanna read. Haha
I'm actually in the middle of this book. I agree with your points, its SLOW, especially after just putting down Six of Crows, Vengeful, Ember in the Ashes...BUT also agree that the writing is more mature and lyrical. I was putting off watching your review till I finished.. but I. Couldnt. Help. Myself. Looking forward to crying, or at least now I hope I do otherwise I'm going to feel like a soulless bish.
"soft boy nazi" i cannot believe i just heard those words with my own two ears
the female main character is a smart and capable blind girl? .... she’s toph lol
YOU RIGHT
YES
OMG YESSSS
Toph from avatar?
“When I lost my sight, Werner, people said I was brave. When my father left, people said I was brave. But it is not bravery; I have no choice. I wake up and live my life. Don’t you do the same?” :((((((
"The only pastry where eating is depression." Off to a good start. 😂😂
how'd u do on ur math exam?
@@withcindyGot highest in class!!!!
@@withcindy Also I saw a fortnight ad on your video.
damn wtf ur basically the valedictorian in ur class
@@withcindy Awwww Thanks. I worked really hard. 😶
"he'll never know the answers because he doesn't have google" Literally laughed out loud. Love your book reviews.
he's such a nerd that he would LOVE google and wikipedia tho
Can I just get a moment of silence for Fredrick tho? 💔😭
OH MY GODDDD THE BIRDS
He was definitely a memorable character for me and I always wonder what kind of life he could've had if he'd given up and allowed himself to be sent home. He was the bravest little dude there!!!!
"You're problem, Werner," says Fredrick, "is that you still believe you own your life."
😭😭😭 thanks for bringing back the pain Cindy. You're the best. 😭😭😭💔
@@mzbettyg_reading_libros8206 He was my favorite character. :,(
I love Frederick very muchh. My favourite characters ❤
His last scene with his mom really made me sad :(
“even the thought of enjoying simple pleasures is so heart wrenching, like going outside or going to the grocery story...” this aged well.
😢
Cindy needs to stop saying such good one-liners lik picking my senior quote is actually gonna be hard
just have it be my youtube link
@@withcindy my God you're a genius
@@withcindy you're up there with Horacio in CSI: Miami with the one-liners but instead of "YEEEEEAHHHHH!!!", we get this totally bop intro. 😂
I did German history for a while before switching to focus on Africa, and I think that this book offered us a perspective of Germany that is often lost; and that is the diversity of voices, classes, and situations that belong to the Weimar Period and the Third Reich. Doerr examines complicity and guilt in a way I believe is important for non-German readers to understand. As a Canadian, I know nobody in my country has EVER been faced with the choices and stakes that Germans were during this time, and therefore I think books like these are incredibly important for us to read. I am glad you were able to sympathize with Werner - truly, as you said, the ultimate soft boi. I think he is a critical character. Also Marie-Laure was cool or whatever
YES i totally agree!! i loved how werner's complicity and guilt was handled and that despite the awful situation you could understand where he was coming from due to his upbringing and class, WITHOUT excusing nazis.
@@withcindy Definitely! I think it is important that this book teaches you the difference between someone enlisted and exploited by the Third Reich, and an ideological Nazi. Werner isn't a Nazi, but he does hold some guilt and complicity.
MADAME MANEC IS MY QUEEN. THE REBELLION IS UPON US.
LET'S GET THIS BREAD
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readwithcindy you earned my respect just by this comment alone
same
"he's a soft boi nazi"...never thought I would hear that...you had my curiosity but now you have my attention
I KNOW RIGHT WE NEED MORE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN OUR TWO BELOVED CHARACTERS, WHEN THEY MET I WAS JUST "NOW KISS!!!!!!!!"
lol the SAME
Yeeeesss!!! 😭😭😭
whenever werner describes her. dfkjdkasfa
i used to think i didn’t cry reading, cut to me sobbing in my room for legit 30 minutes after i finished the last page of this book. great times (it really was, read this book, it’s amazing)
I USUALLY DONT CRY READING BUT OMG WERNER'S JOURNAL DESTROYED ME
I sobbed at the one part at the end and then continued to cry going on till the end
It got to my head so much ,( i can't cry easily even if i am depressed ) i slept for like 1-2 hrs lol
I never cry while reading books. NEVER. Even Fred's death didn't make me tear up (I was mad and sad tho). But this book, man. When Werner died, I was already holding back tears but then it was revealed he let the diamond go GOD, I was destroyed completely.
"cus the only pastry we're eating is *treason*" AHAHH
it's extra salty
*Spoilers*
The fact Werner never met Jutta again? The fact that Marie never met her father again? WHY DID ANTHONY HURT US LIKE THAT? HE REALLY HATES US...
YAS, I mean, I had high hopes until I realized that they were never going to see each other again. It was heartbreaking.
Also the fact that Marie never met Werner again. It hurts to think...
The fact that one of the last things Frederick told Werner was that they shouldn’t be friends anymore.
SPOILER!
Right? Like the thing that was most heartbreaking about the book for me was the fact that marie laure never even met werner again and he was essentially almost forgotten...also the fact that the mine was german
@@artemis1796 that's the point of the book right? All the light we cannot see, all the war stories that remain untold, never to be a part of history we know, and forgotten.
d-do my eyes deceive me? cindy loves my fAVoUriTe bOoK of all time?? shaking and crying rn. need to reread asap rocky
HELL YES
Spoilers⚠️
The thing that made me sad the most was how pure & simple Werner’s & Marie’s dreams were but sadly could never be because of the war. Somewhere in another world Marie & Werner are together reading books underneath a willow tree in love. And when they go home their loved ones are waiting.
I have finished the show yesterday and today I have found how the book ended and everything that happened leaves me with sadness.
This book REIGNITED THE FLAME THAT IS MY LOVE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION.
"The only pastry were eating is depression."
Girl, *SAME*
open your eyes and see what you can with them, before they close forever
This review makes me want to reread this book. I read it almost a year and a half ago and Werner and Marie-Laure still hold special places in my heart.
i hope theyre happy now
Same here. ❤
This book ruined my whole life. I couldn't figure out if I was crying because it was so beautiful, so touching, or because I was so sad it was over.
i had to read this book my freshman year, and i think the page deadlines and essays really ruined my experience :/ we had the opportunity to facetime anthony doerr, however, which was such an interesting experience!
that sucks! school tends to ruin my reading experience too. i dont like being forced to read lol
honestly I never would have read this book if it wasn't required, so I'm actually glad about it--even if werner's ending made me upset >:(
people have been telling me to read this book for a year and a half and I STILL HAVENT DONE IT GAH
"the only pastry we're eating is depression" honestly... same
"he'll never know the answers because he doesn't have google" I... I can't decide whether to be sad or laugh
that's my whole diet
It all tied in for them to meet, for what 10 minutes, for their worlds to collide, for him to save her life and for them to never meet again
Ikr like could of been a few days
When I finished the book, I felt so empty. I literally looked like a drowned rat 💀-
This might be the best book I've ever read. Not only is the story itself absolutely amazing but the writing in this book is out of this world. 100/10 stars
AHH I STARTED READING THIS BC OF THIS VIDEO AND I HAVE 30 PAGES LEFT AND WHEN I BOUGHT IT, IT LADY AT THE CASH REGISTER LOOKED AT ME AND SAID “oh this book will tear you to shreds” and she was right. im not okay
My boyfriends soft and loves WW1/2 history. I’m gonna get this for him so I can watch him cry.
my comment contains spoilers just so you know: adored this book and the writing and the characters. totally agree on the negative aspects you mentioned tho: it is pretty slow and I was so sad that we did not get more scenes between those two soft babies. like I was waiting this whole time for these star crossed lovers to finally get together and realize that they're soulmates and then… well… spoiler alert cause i was let down. I also gotta say that the ending kind of came out of left field for me. I did not expect that at all and was not really vibing with it. idk I just expected more. When he died I was so shocked that I could not even cry. I expected the next chapter to tell me that he survived and everything is fine and I will get my endgame, but that obvioulsy did not happen. I did not even receive an afterlife endgame.. life sucks, man
Oh yeah, that's exactly how I felt, I just stared out the window for a few minutes and didn't cry until Jutta confirmed it was real, then I cried for like 40 minutes
I got so depressed i slept for like 1-2 hrs
I finished this in a park and I swear I was MAD, I checked, again and again, thinking I must've misread, and the rest of the book was so hard to finish, I couldn't stop saying WERNER under my breath again and again and everyone was like???? I couldn't function for two days. So yeah, would I do that all again? YES.
I’m living for the timing of this with my study break! Also, “...and he’ll never know these answers coz he doesn’t have google.” **I DIED** I had to repeat that 3x
man if werner had google now, he'd lose his shit. that stupid lil nerd
we had to read this book for my ap lit class this year, and honestly i was skeptical because I usually do not like being forced to read and annotate but... I absolutely loved this book and I honestly loved annotating it and getting to discuss it? the amount of layers in it just absolutely blew me away, with the symbolism between the whole cursed stone, Frederick and the birds, and the whole thoughts behind the theme of sight vs blindness, fate and free will. also the characters!! It's such a beautiful, beautiful book and i love to hear that you love it too!
This review brings back all my memories from reading this novel, why am I crying into my museli rn
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I could definitely chow down on some chocolate filled depression right now
i have too much depression and not enough chocolate
This book literally BROKE ME I was in a coma for like a solid two days,,,hnNghh,,,so many tears,,,
I’m currently on page 300- something, and *OHMYGOD*
I KNOW...
“The only pastry we’re eating is treason.” Yes. Honestly I’m surprised I still had any tears left to cry after this book.
it was so hard to suppress my tears on my plane ride lol
i just finished the book and.. i'm dehydrated from all the crying, help
10:40 "But he'll never know these answers because he doesn't have google"
Amazing how a statement can make me wheeze and sob at the same time
I just finished the book yesterday and now I'm watching everything I can find about it in youtube because I loved it and absolutely adore the characters. Your video and the way you talk about this book just made me shiver with emotion and joy for this story.
can’t believe that I still haven’t read this!! also lol at “the only pastry we’re eating is treason”
i love treason pastries
i remember finishing this while i was on break at work and needing to hide in the bathroom so no one would see me balling my eyes out😂😂I totally agree that it was pretty slow, it took me almost two months to finish it but by the time i got to the end I was actually really glad that I got to follow the characters and get to know them for their entire lives
LMAO i was hiding in the airplane bathroom too
I'm reading this right now and I'm dying for his descriptions. They're so so simple and direct, but so evocative and effective. I'm really impressed. And the characters are so endearing and smart, it's impossible not to love them.
I’m having to pace myself with this book because the tears are coming even though I’m dead inside ✨💫
imagine reading it in one sitting and going thru an emotional rollercoaster on a plane
Right I’ll stop complaining 😂 seriously I’m loving the book so far. I went to watch this video so fast, this channel is the best thing ever!
I love how much character intelligence and supportive families can make such a big difference in a book. I feel like they stick out even more to me when reading these days just because I read so much YA and, generally speaking, those stories revolve around teens being stupid with families that don't care. Don't get me wrong, I obviously enjoy those because I continue to read YA, but boy does it feel like a breath of fresh air when you get the opposite.
I've seen this book float around but have never actually took the time to find out what it is about, so thank you for finally perking my curiosity.
that's so true! i love seeing teenagers actually be intelligent and not overexaggerated to make stupid decisions for the sake of plot
This book literally ripped my heart out...it's been a couple of years since I've read it and now I think I need to relive that pain again! Such a beautiful book 😭
seriously, it was so beautiful T___T
i read this book a couple of months after it was published because i was intrigued by the synopsis and it being a historical fiction. thanks for reminding me of this beautiful book because i'm rereading it asap!! hope i cry like a bitch this time around because when i was 14 i didn't shed a tear 😌
This book is so incredible and emotional, it's one of my favourite books I've ever read and was my yearbook quote. 💙 Its just stuck my heart and is so important to me!
Haven’t read this one yet, but it sounds a little like The Book Thief, which I LOVE, so I might give this a shot! Great review, as always
would love to hear ur thoughts!
It is and it isn't, but if you like one you'll probably love the other.
Ikr I read this in the hopes that it would be similar btw u loved the book theif
Thank you for motivating me to pick this up, after I begged my mum to get this for me like three years ago.
yes please pick it up!!
I’ve had this on my TBR since it came out and still haven’t picked it up 😂
it's so good but you have to be in the mood for it which is why i saved it for my airplane ride
I really, really want to read this! 😍
Historical fiction books really tug at the heartstrings. Urgh I always cry when I read books like this.
you would DEF cry reading this
I read this book when I was 14 because my grandmother gave it to me, and I loved it so fucking much. I loved the plot twist about the radio station german boi listened to as a kid, and there were some parts that sucker-punched me to the gut so hard. I also love the side story about the stone, idk I just love weird magic XD.
The ending though. I was reading it on a road trip when it hit and I literally closed the book and stared out the window for minutes not wanting to believe it, and when I couldn't delude myself anymore I cried for like half a fucking hour.
I read it 2 years ago and still haven't recovered. It's so beautiful and heart-breaking.
totally agree!
Idk why but Frederick, i love that boy
Oh my god
“No more croissants for you”
Less than a minute in and i already laughed my ass off
Cindy. Girl. Yes.
TREASON PASTRIES 🥮 bahaha
I do like that this novel talks about toxic masculinity. And omg a soft sad boy?! That’s hard hitting....
Skipping this one because i want to know nothing about the book but, still supporting!!! ♥♥♥
I just got the book so i'll probably be reading it next week!
ahh yes come back when youre done reading it so we can cry together
@@withcindy I read that in morgan freeman voice
Aww good luck 😂
The good content we are here for
what content? i dont know her
i read all the light we cannot see because of this video and i don’t think any other book has ever made me cry as hard as i cried while reading its last hundred pages.
I've had All The Light We Cannot See on my shelves for SO LONG and watching this makes me want to pick it up ASAP!
yes please do!
This is the quality content I love on booktube 😂
book reviews are underappreciated so thank u
I LOVED this book! These characters and the story are just solid and heart-wrenching and I am still crying today.
i dont blame u T_T
DUUUDE, this book is so good and not enough people have read it. I agree with everything you said and am sooooo glad that someone else feels the same way!
I read this earlier last year and I didn't know much about it, I also thought I'd see them interact sooner but they way it happened after everything made it even more special.
i def agree that i wish we got to see them interact sooner, i was waiting for them to meet the WHOLE time and it was very short lived :(
I'm amused by the fact that you propped the book up instead of holding it :- ) I put this book down after a few chapters but I might try it again because you deserve all the croissants for this review :- )
ya girl is too lazy to hold up books
This book won the Pulitzer prize. I thought that it was an excellent book. 4 out of 4 stars.
it definitely deserves the pulitzer!
I'm actually crying just because of your description. Wow I need to read this book and wallow in my tears. Like right now
do it and then come back here and cry with me
Rereading this book before the movie and had to revisit this review! I love that you quoted one of my favorite lines - about the comfortable silence lovers are supposed to share.
I'm so freacking happy that you read this book. I absolutely loved it and I don't understant why is so underrated (at least in my country, Romania).
this made me so happy to hear you loved this book!! i think i read somewhere it took AD like 10 years of research or something nuts. i loved it too and cried so hard i got a headache, lol.
omfg I've been waiting for this!! dropping work to watch this right now
let's cry together
This is like the third book that I had refused to read until you put a stamp of approval. Ordering it rn
Just Finished reading it the other day ,
And until now I still feel bad about it. 😭 It's so beautifully Sad and heartbreaking. 💔
Oh, and I also agree with you,
I wanted them both to have a longer interaction, and more time together. I'm so frustrated,
they never even got a chance to know each other well. 😭
I KNOW RIGHT!!
I water our plants every afternoon and it usually takes me about 30 minutes so I was like, why not listen to an audiobook while at it right? So I found this book, started listening to it about last month and I just really enjoyed listening to it while watering our plants. The narrator was amazing too so I was so immersed in both of their lives. When i discovered the the last hundred pages is wrenching and there are only few hours left in the audiobook I decided to read the book. I just finished it today and I just--- the writing is so beautiful. It really felt like I was there with Marie and Wenner. The way the characters are written is so amazing, it was as if they are real people with their own stories to tell. I agree that the protagonists interactions are so small and if there were more, it would have made the end of the book more painful. Anyway, truly a great read.
ps. I don't have anyone to talk to about this book so I quickly searched for you and comment down my thoughts so, sorry for the long comment.
Love that you loved this book as much as I did!!
I haven’t read this book in four years but even the little mentions of the last 100 pages make me sad all over again😭
You should read A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea.
A book by Masaji Ishikawa. It's a sad, depressing book, so you would like it.
I think I love you!
Also, this book is my absolute favorite book in the world!!!!!! I had never been able to say one book was my favorite until I read this
So pleased you've done a review of this! I read it recently and loved it. Please read We Are Not Ourselves. I finished it, sobbing. It was just beautiful 🙏🏻
i dont think im emotionally ready for another WW2 story
@@withcindy It's not WW2, it's just... emotionally sensitive. May be best when you're feeling a little less vulnerable after this one though aha!
Came back here after finishing this masterpiece. I did not bawled my eyes out but my hearts just shattered into pieces 😭
Thank you for the light hearted non spoiler review of this book.
I listened to the audio version this book last year and loved it! It was equal parts inspiring and heartbreaking. Oh precious, precious Bird Boy. I'm still mad about what happened to him! That ending though..... I was hoping for a happier one.
i mean, are there really ever happy endings in WW2 stories? :'(
I loveeee this book. I'm also not usually a reader of historical fiction myself, but man did I bawl my eyes out at this one. My soft sons Werner and Frederick! Must protect!
Ah, yes, Werner's journal... "He's just such a fucking nerd, but he'll never know these answers because... he doesn't have Google." :''')
I think I really want to pick this book up again from the library for a reread as it's been a few years. Thanks for making me remember all the times I've cried over this book and these wonderful characters.
it's so sad because if werner had been born in a different time he would've fulfilled his dreams and had google to answer all his nerdy ass questions :'(
Gosh I'm in the middle of reading the book and it was really slow paced and got me kinda lagging to pick up the book lately, woah you made me really looking forward to the ending. Your book review literally saved my shitty day. Lysm.
That book was definitely a 5star for me but I cried way way way more in 'The book Thief' so I recommend that one for a good comparaison
ive heard mixed things about the book thief! hmm
readwithcindy oh really?
I didn’t hear anything other that it was a must read and I am on the ‘must read’ bandwagon. I still think of the characters very often and I intend to reread it whenever I’m ready for constant water streaming down from my eyes. It’s also very cleverly made with a new concept I haven’t seen elsewhere (me personally). The very start is like ‘uh what?’ but once you get it.. 🤯!
I think it deserve its place in modern classic and ought to be read, at least for discussion purpose 😇
thanks for sharing!! i do love a book that makes me cry :)
Well look no more ! I cried 1/3 in until the end on the book thief without stopping. Also even more cry worthy and it's a real story is 'The tatooist of Auschwitz' 😭@@withcindy
It's one of the only books I've finished and then had to start reading he first few chapters again.
This is the oldest book on my TBR (literally bought it in 2014, didn’t read it, and it’s survived ever unhaul I’ve done). I’m picking it up and finally reading it, damnit! 🙌🙌
yes would definitely recommend!!
I read this book because of you. And I finished it yesterday evening and all I can say is HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME. this book was so good!
SO GLAD YOU ENJOYED!!!
I'm very bad with historical books, old books or books about war but you make this sound really interesting that I feel like I have to consider it eventually.
I just started reading this book, and I bought it based on just hearing “it was good.” I didn’t know the plot, the setting, etc. I started realizing this might be a book that will make me cry... so I searched book review, and your title confirmed my suspicion.
You are cracking me the fuck up though 😂 if I ever join a book club, I need you in it.
i wrote about this book in my english coursework and holy shit marie laure is my child i love her so much and she makes me cry
I LOVE your sarcasm and your use of words and by that I mean cursing lmao
Thank you for recommending this book. I just finished it and I'm still crying
I LOVE YOUR BOOK REVIEW ON THISS OMGOMGG
! I'm so happy you gave this book its own video/5 stars! Avoided reading it for ages because I normally can't do WW2 books (supplemental depression? No thanks! 🙃), but now it's one I recommend to everyone I know...one of my favourite descriptions from the blind girl's point of view is when she's walking behind Madame Manec and describes her as a rose bush buzzing with life (or something like that).
I just finished this book today and I think I need a therapist because the way this book mentally tortured me and yet I couldn't keep it down the fact that Marie and werner meet each other just for few hours but the way author showed it was way too beautiful, like they have known each other from ages... But one thing that disappointed me was that Anthony should have added some more interactions between these two.. Loved the book so far.. Totally worth reading 💗
My best friend got me this book she said it's amazing I read a chapter of it, got so bored but then i saw your review on goodreads, and honestly i read everything you read at this point because I fucking love your videos, and here am I finished the book and crying like a little bich in a corner of my room over this book.
Those small things that we need to appreciate are definitely being appreciated now
I have no time for any other books that will induce crying, as I’m currently reading Crooked Kingdom. The bandage scene and the scene with the mallet and Inej?? My causes of death, the root of my depression
THE. BANDAGE. SCENE. WHY DID YOU REMIND ME
Ok, I don't usually watch book reviews unless they're breaking down their lists of favorites but then I came across you right when I finished this book yesterday coz I don't have anyone to talk to about it. I love your review and exactly same feels with both the main characters. They only have few moments and I thought they were gonna end up together! 😭 I didn't cry but I teared up only because I read the Nightingale before this and that just broke my heart in a thousand pieces. You should read it and make a review. It's such an amazing book and I used to not read historical fiction either until Nightingale and now that's the only genre I wanna read. Haha
I literally almost broke into tears during class because of this book.
I'm actually in the middle of this book. I agree with your points, its SLOW, especially after just putting down Six of Crows, Vengeful, Ember in the Ashes...BUT also agree that the writing is more mature and lyrical. I was putting off watching your review till I finished.. but I. Couldnt. Help. Myself. Looking forward to crying, or at least now I hope I do otherwise I'm going to feel like a soulless bish.