Telly Review: All The Light We Cannot See coasts along on its source material

And yet, it’s worth a watch. I was cranky during the first two episodes, because it lacked the emotional heft of the book. But I was all in by the end, as the various German characters closed in on Marie-Laure.

Aria Mia Loberti as Marie-Laure, Mark Ruffalo as Daniel LeBlanc in All the Light We Cannot See.

All the Light We Cannot See (Netflix) is the best book I’ve read in years. It wraps you up for hours, sweeping you back to 1944, France, the walled city of Saint-Malo. 

A young woman, Marie-Laure, is broadcasting coded messages to the Allies, identifying targets in the city that are occupied by the Germans.