Miss Wisey Pants

“ When I lost my sight, Werner, people said I was brave. When my father left, people said I was brave. But it is not bravery; I have no choice. I wake up and live my life. Don’t you do the same ?” That's Marie Laure for you. One of our protagonists. She's plainly a victim of her circumstances. At a young age, she loses her eyesight. Her father is her world. He's a gentle soul whose world revolves around "ma cherie" as he fondly calls his daughter. He builds for her a safe haven, one where her eyesight can't be a deterrence to her.  All the light we cannot see tells us the story of a father & a daughter, a brother & a sister and two friends, all of these relations afflicted by one single tyrant - the war. It's a story of love, trust & loyalty. Of hope amid darkness and belief amid hopelessness. Above all of this, it's a story of survival.  It's the offset of World War - II, David LeBlanc is forced to flee his home in Paris to safeguard h...

I had been trying to get my hands on this book for a couple of years now. The first time I bought the kindle version of this book, I felt betrayed when I found out that it was actually the comic version of the book. It's hard copy is obviously easier to find but is quite expensive for some reason. Perhaps cause it turned out to be a movie blockbuster. Then I struck gold (or so I thought) when I finally bought the right version recently. I even flaunted this on my insta story and couldn't wait to gobble it all up! The story, like any other decent suspense thriller, is quite riveting. There was, however, quite a lot of beating around the bush introducing all the main characters of the plot, their background stories, their personalities and what have you! I found myself getting a bit impatient wondering where is the mystery in all this. But when all the introductions were done and the protagonists' prowess had been successfully displayed, the heart of the matter finally emerge...