Everything is Illuminated

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  Creative and Heartbreaking

  I've never read a book that is told in such a unique manner! Foer uses numerous character POV's that span hundreds of years to tell this story within a story. My favorite parts were the letters from Alex, who is such an enigmatic character. He steals the spotlight in my opinion! He's the comic relie ... (continue)

  I've never read a book that is told in such a unique manner! Foer uses numerous character POV's that span hundreds of years to tell this story within a story. My favorite parts were the letters from Alex, who is such an enigmatic character. He steals the spotlight in my opinion! He's the comic relief, the voice of the reader responding to Jonathan's story about his relatives. The lives of Jonathan's ancestors are the sad, introspective, and overly dramatized parts of the book. The reader is shown human nature in its most raw form. Parts of the book are shocking and disturbing, but it's truthful and that is what gives this story such power.

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  I loved the writing style. Got a little slow in the middle, but the ending was good.

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  ― Dave Sanders said on Nov 25, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  Interesting writing style and typeface. The printstyle and paper stock were great but I just didn't find the story interesting.

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  ― Robert said on May 30, 2009 | Add your feedback

• 276 p. : port. ; 21 cm.1st Perennial ed.

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  ― Brian Hamilton said on May 8, 2007 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 288 Pages
• ISBN-10: 014103517X
• ISBN-13: 9780141035178
• Pub date: Sep 06, 2007
• Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette and Others
• In other languages: other languages Livres Français, Deutsche Bücher, Libros en Español, Libri Italiani, Nederlandse Boeken, Svenska böcker

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