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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is based in Nazi Germany during Second World War, but its not a story just focused on war. A 8 year girl is separated from her birth parents, her brother dies a cold winter death, however its not just a story of her struggles in her life there after. Her foster parents open their home for her, in exchange of extra ration allowance and some money ofcourse, but its not the story of their cruelty or their affection towards their foster child. The kid is trying to find
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You are going to die
That is how Zusak starts to tell a tale of a juvenile girl who finds solace in reading books, obviously the stolen ones. Narrated by a very different person(or shall I call it/him/her a person)and set in 1942 Germany, and those two words 1942 and Germany are enough to predict the remaining story. No if you are thinking it as another "The diary of a young girl" or "Schindler's list" you would be proved wrong. Of course there are usual things ...more
You are going to die
That is how Zusak starts to tell a tale of a juvenile girl who finds solace in reading books, obviously the stolen ones. Narrated by a very different person(or shall I call it/him/her a person)and set in 1942 Germany, and those two words 1942 and Germany are enough to predict the remaining story. No if you are thinking it as another "The diary of a young girl" or "Schindler's list" you would be proved wrong. Of course there are usual things ...more
Though there have been a lot of books written on the holocaust, this is an excellent presentation of a emotional story as narrated by the undertaker of souls. Story centers on a girl called Leisle who is a Orphan adopted by a German family in germany. Her daily life and stife of the her family and her bonding with a Jewinsh man her father shows how the war affected every german in the Reich.
Zusak had developed his characters extremely well to make them life like. I believe there is a movie on th ...more
Zusak had developed his characters extremely well to make them life like. I believe there is a movie on th ...more
Aug 09, 2014
Charu Thapliyal
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This book is a 3.5 for me. I couldn't get used to the writing style although i absolutely loved the story to bits. A must read for all who like WWII fiction. Maybe others may like the writing style and enjoy the story more.
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