It's finally time to talk about this book, after nearly 2 weeks passed since I finished it...
I really don't know how to feel about it, certainly though, I'm afraid I didn't enjoy it as much as anyone else did.

Let's start with the fact that it's historical fiction and I knew it would be right up my alley, since this genre is one of my favorites. The writing style was also so good, you could definitely tell that Doerr is a skillful storyteller that knows how to narrate a story and how to create interesting characters full of depth.

The books tells the story of two different people, Marie-Laure and Werner are our two main characters, but tbh I think that this story's main protagonist is the radio. Anyway, the chapters were interchanging between Werner and Marie-Laure's story, which I think had both pros and cons.
The chapters were quite small and even though I don't like short chapters, in this case I was grateful for them, because unfortunately I didn't like Marie-Laure's part of the story as much as I hoped.

I loved Werner. Loved him so much because he was so vulnerable and his story had so much to it! So much! It could be explored so much more, I've never read a book partly concentrating on the efforts to turn young boys into Nazi soldiers and I was loving every minute of it! I'd love to explore more of his character as he spend his days at the school, there was so much more to him than just being a soldier who even DIED AN UNDIGNIFIED DEATH. When I read that part I was bawling, because Werner was the only character of the book that got a bad ending. Everyone else, even the Giant got some sort of closure, but no, Werner had to die and it felt like the author was killing him to make him atone for his sins at the school. His death felt like a katharsis to me, but I don't think it was needed. He was changing, and he wasn't evil at heart, he just needed a chance to prove himself...
Anyway, I could rant for days for Werner, he was my favorite and his death felt like a physical punch to the gut...

As for Marie-Laure, I loved her relationship with her father. It was so clear how much he loved her and it was heartwarming to see how diligently he was preparing her for the outside world, since she is blind. I starting liking her story more whenever they moved with her Uncle and I also loved said Uncle, because he truly made an effort to help himself and Marie-Laure as well!

All in all, this is an awesome historical fiction novel. I would definitely recommend it to anyone that loves this genre, but I would also recommend it to people that are looking for a book to start, because it has captivating characters and the short chapters will definitely help someone who's not familiar with the genre!