All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr

This book had all the elements that I thought would work in this story.  A young Blind Parisian girl Marie-Laure is the daughter of a locksmith working at a museum.  When the Nazis occupy Paris, father and daughter escape to a small coastal town, to stay with a reclusive uncle and his housekeeper.

Told in tandem with the story of Werner, a German orphan who is trying to survive with his sister.  Discovering a love of fixing radios, this leads him to a life he never imagined in the dark evenings listening to distant voices.

For me, the story didn't quite gel, I just didn't feel the magic, and I kept waiting for it to happen, for it to show itself,  which was a shame as it was so close to being a magical story. I like a book that where I can't help picturing the characters and imagine their setting, yet with all the descriptions for me the visuals didn't come.  3/5