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I've read it, and my short short take on it is this:
Foer shows flashes in this debut novel of some exceptionally inspired prose, but he takes stylistic/structural risks in this novel that as a "new writer" he simply wasn't able to successfully pull off. Much of this can be blamed on his editor, however, who appears to have not wanted to "disturb the prodigy."
Overall, Everything is Illuminated is a promising yet flawed debut novel that will definitely have me checking for his next one.