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The Book Thief
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Start date
February 1, 2014
Finish date
March 3, 2014
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Danae
Feb 26, 2013 rated it liked it
Shelves: 2014
I expected more from this book.

For starters, the narrator isn't supposed to tell you in the beginning of each chapter what is going to happen in the end of it. Just because the author didn't want the book to have suspense, doesn't mean that I want to know everything before they happen! If you don't want suspense write a book about flowers and bears, not about the world war II.

Secondly, the metaphors.
Seriously, enough with the metaphors already. Most of them weren't needed. There are so many in t
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Bror (Abrar)
Jan 09, 2013 rated it it was ok
Death really ?
I got really bored , dont know why maybe the writing style , the lack of everything ?!!
Again death really ?

Maybe i'll like the movie , but the book not very much .
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Mutated Reviewer
Jul 13, 2011 rated it it was amazing
What an awesome book! a little hard to read at first, but I definitely got into it by the end. I'd recommend it, for sure! :P

Read the rest of my review here: http://readers-not-writers.blogspot.ca/
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Angele | adominiquereads
I don't have any words to express how much I loved this book, and what an adventure it was to read it. ...more
Kme_17
Oct 26, 2021 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: owned-to-read
Joanne
Sep 16, 2011 marked it as finish-later
Kim Hathorn
Sep 21, 2011 marked it as to-read
Amanda Mitchell
Oct 15, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Aden
Nov 10, 2011 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Booknut 101
Nov 28, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Margarita
Feb 06, 2012 marked it as to-read
Arianne Jewel
Mar 10, 2012 marked it as to-read
Angela
Mar 13, 2012 rated it it was amazing
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May 08, 2012 marked it as to-read
Chester
Jul 02, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2010-down-pub
India Williams
Oct 14, 2012 marked it as to-read
Arry
Nov 08, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Ifrah
Dec 05, 2012 rated it really liked it
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Jinx Sapphire
Dec 19, 2012 marked it as to-read
Dalmush
Jun 15, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favourite
Andrea Evans
Jul 12, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: to-read-ya
Orsolya Hurta
Jul 19, 2013 marked it as to-read
Mallory
Sep 02, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites
Amber
Oct 10, 2013 rated it it was amazing
H.S. Stone
Dec 03, 2013 rated it really liked it
Brianna
Dec 27, 2013 marked it as to-read
Shelves: wishlist
Lila
Feb 02, 2014 marked it as to-read
Narlyn
Feb 09, 2014 rated it it was amazing
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