Review: Everything Is Illuminated
User Review - Dchavez06 - GoodreadsMaybe I was expecting too much from this book, as it had been recommended to me by friends, but I was underwhelmed. The main plot thread was interesting, and even contained a few gems here and there ... Read full review
Review: Everything Is Illuminated
User Review - Daniel Kanhai - GoodreadsI was eager to read Jonathan Safran Foer's first novel, Everything is Illuminated after completing his 2005 book, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. I was disappointed to find the story failed to ... Read full review
Review: Everything Is Illuminated
User Review - Fiona - GoodreadsVery good writing, very funny. Is there a story? Apparently there is but he's spent the 1st 3 chapters letting us know he can write and is funny. Read full review
Review: Everything Is Illuminated
User Review - meeners - Goodreadsi am getting really tired of books that are basically just an extension of the male author's godzilla-like-rampaging hyper-anxious penis-envying alpha-nerd uber-engorged ego. (on the plus side, it's ... Read full review
Review: Everything Is Illuminated
User Review - Cathleen - GoodreadsAs much as I loved Foer's use of wittily forged non-native English to represent the perspective of a non-American on current and historic world events, the story was ho-hum at many points, and for all ... Read full review
Review: Everything Is Illuminated
User Review - Kevin Durkin - GoodreadsHaving read "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" I was excited to my core to read this book. Sadly, I knew within the first 50 pages I would not feel much but ambivalence upon finishing it. Unlike ... Read full review
Review: Everything Is Illuminated
User Review - Scott Venhuizen - GoodreadsThis book is a complete mess - a gimmicky disaster. Jonathan Safran Foer spends the entire novel trying to convince the reader how clever he is, and forgets to write a novel. It consists of two ... Read full review
Review: Everything Is Illuminated
User Review - Owen Yager - GoodreadsOwen Yager English II Mr. Rich 1 September, 2011 Foer, Safran, Everything is Illuminated. New York. Harper Perennial, 2002. Print. Expressing love is very important to families all around the world ... Read full review
Review: Everything Is Illuminated
User Review - Alan Jacobs - GoodreadsI have not, in recent years, been a big reader of fiction. But, since I switched to reading on Kindle, I'm finding the process of reading to be easier (my eyesight/floaters have been a big problem ... Read full review
Review: Everything Is Illuminated
User Review - GoodreadsWe had a good time discussing this at the book club. I hadn't quite finished, but the comments made by other people enhanced my experience of the final chapters. At the beginning of the book, I was ...
