Everything Is Illuminated: A Novel

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

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.

Review: Everything Is Illuminated

This one was really hard for me to get through..kinda weird. I am glad I read it though. I feel like I learned something..gained something from it..and his writing is refreshing in the sense that it is different than anything I have read before. Read full review

Review: Everything Is Illuminated

SO wonderful. This book at times turned me into that crazy girl laughing to herself on the bus but was also really emotionally stimulating, with characters I cheered for the whole way. The style it's written will jarring to a lot of people, but once you get used to it it's really easy to read. Read full review

Review: Everything Is Illuminated

Best thing about this book? Alex's voice. He is a "premium" person who confesses that he is not as "carnal" as he performs to be. Loved the parallels between the persona of JSF and Alex who seek to ... Read full review

Review: Everything Is Illuminated

The first and last third of this book really captured me but I must admit to being lost a great deal at times. It's not so much that I didn't know what was happening as I read it but rather what the ... Read full review

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oh my goodness. i was so afraid this couldn't live up to the hype. but it did. and more. if you haven't read it, do. Read full review

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Interestingly written, some quiet good bit but overall only okay. Read full review

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excellent! Read full review

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Extremely DISAPPOINTING!! Read full review