Book Thief Book Review

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This book is beautiful! I just got this book because it was on sale on NOOK and I heard that it was a good read, I had no idea what is was about. Then like 3 months later I kinda ran out of books to read so I started this one. It started out weird, the whole book is from the point of view of Death, himself. At the beginning Death explains how he never really liked to watch humans, instead he liked to focus on all the beautiful colors in the world we live in. So he spent his days picking up souls and carrying them away and also focusing on the amazing colors of the world. Until one day he was picking up a little boys soul from a train and as he did so he glanced at the sister that was sitting next to him. He suddenly became fascinated by this little girl and her story and he then goes on to explain her journey as a junge Madchen (young girl) in Nazti Germany and how she discovers the wonderful beauty of the written word. The girl (Liesel) has many adventures with her foster parents and all of her friends on Himmel Starasse (Heaven st.) which is not so heavenly. (view spoiler)[ And in the end Himmel street gets bombed and she ends up being the only survivor, its really sad. (hide spoiler)] The whole book is kinda a depressing story but the author does a wonderful job of making it the point of view of a little girl, so even though there are definitely tears in every copy of this book those tears are not out of sadness even though they kinda are at the same time. And if you are interested in learning German this really helps you expand your vocabulary a little bit (especially German swear words, LOL.) So... Ya... A wonderful read! Thanks to the amazing author of this book! (Favorite line in the book 'And outside the world whistled and the rain stained', an absolutely beautiful line!)



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