Review: Everything is Illuminated
User Review - Jana - GoodreadsIt's a big coincidence, but still a coincidence. The day I started reading this book, I was listening to Gogol Bordello. Outside was 35 degrees, there were hundreds mosquito swarms buzzing everywhere ... Read full review
Review: Everything is Illuminated
User Review - Architeuthis - GoodreadsI couldn't do it. Tried twice, gave up both times. And I though the beginning was hilarious! But it was like a big gimmick that got old after six or seven pages and then went on for a couple hundred ... Read full review
Review: Everything Is Illuminated
User Review - A Reader - weReadDespite the hype about Foer, an impressive and ambitious novel, tracking the history of a shtetl family all the way to American descendent who spends his student money traveling to Ukraine to find the ... Read full review
Review: Everything Is Illuminated
User Review - A Reader - weReadGood book. I think it would be better to listen to. Read full review
Review: Everything is Illuminated
User Review - Stephen M - GoodreadsBrod "would never be happy and honest at the same time". Dear Mr. Foer, Your novel was so beautiful that it's hard to express my true feelings for it. Thank you. I was really moved by this book in so many ways. I feel much less alone in the world. Read full review
Review: Everything is Illuminated
User Review - Stephen M - GoodreadsBrod "would never be happy and honest at the same time". Dear Mr. Foer, Your novel was so beautiful, it's hard to express my true feelings for it. Thank you. I was really moved by this book in so many ways, I feel much less alone in the world. Read full review
Review: Everything is Illuminated
User Review - Alison - GoodreadsI waited and waited for a library copy of this book, only to drop it in the 3rd-or-so chapter. Had I read the fine-print plug on the front cover, I would have known to expect it to be "fantastical ... Read full review
Review: Everything Is Illuminated
User Review - Gaya3........... - weReadThis book dint capture me from the start,but i'm glad i stuck with it.I liked both the characters Alex n Jonathan.The story is intriguing.To understand the subject deeply i guess i need to read it again....:-) well i think that makes me change the rating i gave for this...! Read full review
Review: Everything Is Illuminated
User Review - A Reader - weReadExcellent. Pretty at times, chaotic at others, but mostly its a word soup of why our ancestors are the way they are and why we become who we become, all prettily tied together with imagery as bow. Read full review
Review: Everything Is Illuminated
User Review - A Reader - weReadThe movie version of this book is my FAVORITE movie, which speaks volumes since I did not have a favorite movie for 36 years until I saw this. The movie was based on this book, which is part memoir, part family history. I am eagerly anticipating its arrival from Amazon.com. Read full review
