Review: Everything Is Illuminated

Warning: The reading of this book may cause intense desire to join a book group and discuss gasp actual themes. In EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED, the talented author Jonathan Safran Foer introduces the reader to the fictional character Jonathan Safran Foer, an American who journeys to Ukraine in search of the woman he believes saved his grandfather's life during World War II. Foer is not the primary ... Read full review

Amazing. Such an interesting and uniqe style and a powerful read. The movie relates well, too. Both are in my top ten.

Beautiful! I recommend reading this book and the second book in the series, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Foer is a fantastic author.

This novel is definitely one of my favorites. The way the story is crafted and the various plots weave in and out of one another, only to come together at the end... I loved it all. I especially adored Alex, his "seeing eye bitch," and all the other mistakes he makes.

THIS BOOK IS AWESOME AND THE MOVIE! I love the old man! this book is very warm and interesting you can't put the book down.

fun reading. warm and fun.

As you read, you can hear the writer's voice clearly. No wonder it became a movie. Good use of language with grammatical errors to highlight English as a second language for the second main Ukrainian storyteller.
As for the story line, it wove in and out between two main characters and their forefathers. It highlights the cultural times. However, I felt it is better if viewed as a montage of many stories rather than one story that was packaged well. It's an entertaining read. 

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Review: Everything is Illuminated

So, the reason I picked this up was because I loved Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. I'm not here to compare the two as that simply wouldn't be fair, but if you are going to pick up this book ... Read full review

Review: Everything Is Illuminated

I listened to the audio version of this book. This book was a little bit challenging. I enjoyed the writing style, employing separate voices and syntax for each character and since this was the audio ... Read full review