ATLWCS is a Pulitzer Prize winner for good reason; this fantastic novel is so much more than a war story combined with a love story. Tracking the paths of a brilliant young German soldier, gifted with engineering ability, and a blind French girl throughout WWII, Doerr somehow manages to weave the detail of a scientist with the prose of a poet to form this masterpiece. The book is beautifully descriptive and really captures the raw emotions of a war-torn Europe from the perspective of two children forced to live through the conflict. I would highly recommend it to nearly any reader. “Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever”.