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What does /lit/ think of Magnificent New York Times Bestseller related?
I'm halfway through and I can't decide if its YA tier or a genuinely good book that has the strength of appealing to a wide audience. Lots of beautiful passages, and it's cool to see the perspective of a nice kid who happens to be in the Hitler youth along with feeling what it's like to be blind, but I also feel like the characterizations are pretty one-dimensional and it can be overly sentimental at times.
I never realized though what an unexpectedly perfect medium the written word is for conveying the experience of blindness-we as readers experience everything the blind character in the book does and have to construct her world from imagination just like she does.
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Haven't read it so I have nothing of worth to contribute. Would you recommend it?
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I really liked it. It kept me interested throughout and hat beautifully written parts.
The dancing-in-the-attic scene was great.
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sounds fuckin gay desu mate
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It's the second best book I've been assigned to read in school. The first was All Quiet On the Western Front. I was worried before I started reading it, but it's got something that brings it above YA.I agree with what you said; a little too sentimental at times and it kinda dropped off toward the end for me, but I would still recommend it to certain people.
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