Review: Everything Is Illuminated
User Review - Erica Verrillo - GoodreadsThere was so much that was wonderful about this book that I hate to criticize it. Foer is without doubt a brilliant young writer who puts his whole heart and soul into print. The sheer energy with ... Read full review
Review: Everything Is Illuminated
User Review - Lynai - GoodreadsThis rating might change after I read some reviews. To be honest? I still am not that illuminated with the story at all. I'll get back on this after I read Wikipedia. :D ***UPDATE*** Hmm. How am I ... Read full review
Review: Everything Is Illuminated
User Review - Amber N - GoodreadsOn the surface "Everything Is Illuminated" is a simple story of a Jewish American, named for the author, who travels to the Ukraine in order to research his family's history. In fact, the book tells ... Read full review
Review: Everything Is Illuminated
User Review - GoodreadsAn incredibly complex, well-thought out, funny, intelligent, heartfelt book. It took a little while and time to realize the format of the three sub-books: the narrative of Alex, the Ukrainian who ...
Review: Everything Is Illuminated
User Review - KD Absolutely - GoodreadsYou are burned out. So you suggested to your wife that the whole family spend the weekend in a beach resort. You left the house in the morning, drove the whole day and arrived at the resort few hours ... Read full review
Review: Everything Is Illuminated
User Review - KD Oliveros - GoodreadsYou are burned out. So you suggested to your wife that the whole family spend the weekend in a beach resort. You left the house in the morning, drove the whole day and arrived at the resort few hours ... Read full review
Review: Everything Is Illuminated
User Review - Aayla - GoodreadsI really wanted to like this book, but the truth is that it is awful. There are presumably two narrators: the author of the book (Jonathan) and a young adult male named Alex. The parts by Alex are ... Read full review
Review: Everything Is Illuminated
User Review - Hillary - GoodreadsAm I missing something? We chose this book for our August book club book. The person that chose it was already 1/3 into it and described it as a "funny summer read". There are ten people in our book ... Read full review
Review: Everything Is Illuminated
User Review - Sebastiaan van Jole - GoodreadsI expected an epic (because some people are praising the book through heaven's doors) tragicomedy which would be a tad difficult to read, because of one of the main characters Sasha, who is a master ... Read full review
Review: Everything Is Illuminated
User Review - Marie-Claude Plourde - GoodreadsAt first, I was very disoriented by that book; as a reader of English as a second language, and even though I am a translator working very often from and into this language, I felt like it was really ... Read full review